Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... hope . The his- tory of Christianity shows that it has always flourished most when it is just let alone by Cæsar . It seeks not promotion , but simple protection from the State . And history now shows , that the first step in the church ...
... hope . The his- tory of Christianity shows that it has always flourished most when it is just let alone by Cæsar . It seeks not promotion , but simple protection from the State . And history now shows , that the first step in the church ...
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... hope to understand the refutation offered . As to the truth of some of the quotations used in this volume from old authors and from the reports of INTRODUCTION . xxiii the Royal Asiatic Society , and other xxii INTRODUCTION .
... hope to understand the refutation offered . As to the truth of some of the quotations used in this volume from old authors and from the reports of INTRODUCTION . xxiii the Royal Asiatic Society , and other xxii INTRODUCTION .
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... hope to be able to show as this wonderful roll is unfolded before us , that we should be thankful to the Jews for their Megilloth Esther . It is a true history of persons and events in a remarkable period of the Church of God . The ...
... hope to be able to show as this wonderful roll is unfolded before us , that we should be thankful to the Jews for their Megilloth Esther . It is a true history of persons and events in a remarkable period of the Church of God . The ...
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... hope of eternal life . And so also let the garden be a preacher to us of our frailty . Ver- ily at our best estate we are altogether vanity . We are like the grass that springs up in the morning , and is cut down and withered in the ...
... hope of eternal life . And so also let the garden be a preacher to us of our frailty . Ver- ily at our best estate we are altogether vanity . We are like the grass that springs up in the morning , and is cut down and withered in the ...
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... hope . But the peerless beauty of the Hebrew maiden takes the eunuch by surprise . He at once shows her particular favor , and this was a prelude to her complete success . No doubt there was great emulation among the damsels of Persia ...
... hope . But the peerless beauty of the Hebrew maiden takes the eunuch by surprise . He at once shows her particular favor , and this was a prelude to her complete success . No doubt there was great emulation among the damsels of Persia ...
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according Adar Agagite ancient Babylon banquet beautiful believe Bible Book of Esther chamberlains chapter Christ Christians Chronicles Church court crown crown royal custom Cyrus Daniel death decree deliverance destroy Divine duty earth enemies Esther the queen Ethiopia evil faith father favor fear friends gallows give glory God's gold golden sceptre Greek Haman Hammedatha hand hanged happy harem Hatach head heart Hebrew Herodotus Holy honor hundred Jesus Jews Josephus king Ahasuerus king's commandment king's gate king's house kingdom laws live Lord mind Mordecai Moses mother nations never passions perish Persian empire Persian kings prayer princes principle proof provinces Purim records religion Romans royal sacred says Scriptures Septuagint Shushan Shushan the palace Susa Targum thee things thou thousand throne tion tomb true truth unto Esther unto the king Vashti wicked wife wine wives women word wrath writings Xenophon Xerxes Zeresh
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Page 48 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Page 314 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 54 - Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Page 302 - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Page 329 - The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. 4 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.
Page 46 - In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Page 253 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 50 - Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Page 314 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 54 - Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey...