Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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... thoughts - The remonstrance of his fellow servants - Danger of giving advice- How Mordecai came to have such a character - The mother moulds the man - The place of our Schools- Christianity does not destroy civility - General Jack- son ...
... thoughts - The remonstrance of his fellow servants - Danger of giving advice- How Mordecai came to have such a character - The mother moulds the man - The place of our Schools- Christianity does not destroy civility - General Jack- son ...
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... thought that here possesses me , still , I am perfectly sure , there is a grand purpose in God's plan in having revealed to us so large a portion of saving truth in biographies . And I am more and more convinced , that one great cause ...
... thought that here possesses me , still , I am perfectly sure , there is a grand purpose in God's plan in having revealed to us so large a portion of saving truth in biographies . And I am more and more convinced , that one great cause ...
Page xxi
... ideas . If so , the reason is to be found , first , in the fact , that I have endeavored to follow the order and me- thod of the sacred narrative itself , and to present the thoughts and lessons thereon just as they started up before me.
... ideas . If so , the reason is to be found , first , in the fact , that I have endeavored to follow the order and me- thod of the sacred narrative itself , and to present the thoughts and lessons thereon just as they started up before me.
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... thought it best to do so ; but as it was my wish to follow the divine method , as far as I could , in presenting and explaining and vindicating the laws , the Word and the ways of the Lord , and as similar events are re- peated in the ...
... thought it best to do so ; but as it was my wish to follow the divine method , as far as I could , in presenting and explaining and vindicating the laws , the Word and the ways of the Lord , and as similar events are re- peated in the ...
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... thoughts , manners and customs , of their forefathers . They tell us that the ancient name of Persia was Iran , and that ten tribes were united in composing its first inhabitants . According to Mohammedan writers , the founder of the ...
... thoughts , manners and customs , of their forefathers . They tell us that the ancient name of Persia was Iran , and that ten tribes were united in composing its first inhabitants . According to Mohammedan writers , the founder of the ...
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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...