Notes of a Clerical Furlough, Spent Chiefly in the Holy Land. With a Sketch of the Voyage Out1859 |
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Page vii
... present day , to be literally " no end , " it may well be supposed it has not been without hesitation and diffidence that the author of the " CLERICAL FURLOUGH " has ventured to add one to the number . If , however , the volume should ...
... present day , to be literally " no end , " it may well be supposed it has not been without hesitation and diffidence that the author of the " CLERICAL FURLOUGH " has ventured to add one to the number . If , however , the volume should ...
Page xiii
... present state compared with Ezekiel's vision - An incident in the life of David illustrated- Arabs watering their flocks at sunset - Is this fountain the En - she- mesh of Scripture ? -The Arab tents in the valley - Arrive by moon ...
... present state compared with Ezekiel's vision - An incident in the life of David illustrated- Arabs watering their flocks at sunset - Is this fountain the En - she- mesh of Scripture ? -The Arab tents in the valley - Arrive by moon ...
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... present state compared with Ezekiel's vision - An incident in the life of David illustrated- Arabs watering their flocks at sunset - Is this fountain the En - she- mesh of Scripture ? —The Arab tents in the valley - Arrive by moon ...
... present state compared with Ezekiel's vision - An incident in the life of David illustrated- Arabs watering their flocks at sunset - Is this fountain the En - she- mesh of Scripture ? —The Arab tents in the valley - Arrive by moon ...
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... present ; and being coun- trymen of my own , I was glad to have an opportunity of ad- dressing them , and of trying to say something suitable to their condition and prospects . The Scotch church , a tasteful Gothic building , with a ...
... present ; and being coun- trymen of my own , I was glad to have an opportunity of ad- dressing them , and of trying to say something suitable to their condition and prospects . The Scotch church , a tasteful Gothic building , with a ...
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... present town of Gibraltar , the ancient Moorish fort , built up- wards of 1100 years ago , and reminding us of the African tor- rent that once rolled northwards to the Pyrenees , and that threatened to subjugate Europe to the Moslem ...
... present town of Gibraltar , the ancient Moorish fort , built up- wards of 1100 years ago , and reminding us of the African tor- rent that once rolled northwards to the Pyrenees , and that threatened to subjugate Europe to the Moslem ...
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Page 139 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 308 - And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 247 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 203 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it. and brought it to David : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
Page 342 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 244 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 175 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 143 - And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
Page 316 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 136 - Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.