Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839Whyte, 1849 - 555 pages |
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... round about , and behold there were very many in the open valley , and lo ! they were very dry . " Ezek . XXXVII . 2 . TWENTY - SIXTH THOUSAND . EDINBURGH : WILLIAM WHYTE & CO . BOOKSELLERS TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER ; W. COLLINS , AND D ...
... round about , and behold there were very many in the open valley , and lo ! they were very dry . " Ezek . XXXVII . 2 . TWENTY - SIXTH THOUSAND . EDINBURGH : WILLIAM WHYTE & CO . BOOKSELLERS TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER ; W. COLLINS , AND D ...
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... round the city and see some of its magnificence . But even had this been Babylon with its hanging gardens and walls of brass , we would rather have found out Israel by the river - side , hanging their harps on the willows , than gazed ...
... round the city and see some of its magnificence . But even had this been Babylon with its hanging gardens and walls of brass , we would rather have found out Israel by the river - side , hanging their harps on the willows , than gazed ...
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... round with M. Oster , and found fifty Jewish families , most of whom were sceptical in their opinions . He knew of only one con- vert , a young man , who had gone to Montlimart to follow a trade . There are , however , some Jewish ...
... round with M. Oster , and found fifty Jewish families , most of whom were sceptical in their opinions . He knew of only one con- vert , a young man , who had gone to Montlimart to follow a trade . There are , however , some Jewish ...
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... round these towns are dotted with villas , and this continued to be the aspect of the coast till we reached Genoa . Italy is indeed a beautiful region , but " gross darkness covers its people . " The Engineer of our vessel , a pious ...
... round these towns are dotted with villas , and this continued to be the aspect of the coast till we reached Genoa . Italy is indeed a beautiful region , but " gross darkness covers its people . " The Engineer of our vessel , a pious ...
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... round the waist and pendent crucifix , the bare head , and cowl , marking them all . Re- It was new to us to see oranges growing in the open air , often in flower - pots set upon the terrace or balcony , and everywhere in the gardens ...
... round the waist and pendent crucifix , the bare head , and cowl , marking them all . Re- It was new to us to see oranges growing in the open air , often in flower - pots set upon the terrace or balcony , and everywhere in the gardens ...
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Page 148 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy : for the nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 130 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Page 218 - And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, And for the precious things put forth by the moon...
Page 264 - I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to...
Page 448 - Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost; we are cut off for our parts.
Page 375 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field : all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 495 - For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Page 175 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Page 347 - ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, And the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And gross darkness the people: But the Lord shall arise upon thee, And his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 143 - And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified Him, and two other with Him, on either side one, and JESUS in the midst.