Women of the BibleLane & Scott, 1851 - 225 pages |
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... beauty and grace were such as that the inspired pen forbore , as of the forms of angels , to portray them ; who was ushered , a perfect being , upon a scene of perfect happiness ; whose guiltless bo- som swelled with naught save peace ...
... beauty and grace were such as that the inspired pen forbore , as of the forms of angels , to portray them ; who was ushered , a perfect being , upon a scene of perfect happiness ; whose guiltless bo- som swelled with naught save peace ...
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... beauty , formed for eternal bloom , began to fade , and the image of heaven was effaced from the human spirit - and the ser- pent first nestled there - and the sting of woe first entered the soul - and tears of bitterness first fell ...
... beauty , formed for eternal bloom , began to fade , and the image of heaven was effaced from the human spirit - and the ser- pent first nestled there - and the sting of woe first entered the soul - and tears of bitterness first fell ...
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... beauty of person , which she retained to a very late period of her life ; so that , at ninety years of age , she attracted the attention and love of Abimelech , king of Gerar ; he being unaware of her relation to Abraham . At the age of ...
... beauty of person , which she retained to a very late period of her life ; so that , at ninety years of age , she attracted the attention and love of Abimelech , king of Gerar ; he being unaware of her relation to Abraham . At the age of ...
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... beauty ? Has never my fair reader , upon some sultry summer day , trod thoughtfully within the groves of Mamre , and reclined beneath the shady oaks hard by those spacious and graceful tents ? At the opening of those lofty and ample ...
... beauty ? Has never my fair reader , upon some sultry summer day , trod thoughtfully within the groves of Mamre , and reclined beneath the shady oaks hard by those spacious and graceful tents ? At the opening of those lofty and ample ...
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... beauty , have registered her name . Paul presents her in the celebrated galaxy of the ancient be- lievers - one of those who obtained a good report through faith , and that compose the great cloud of witnesses beholding from their ...
... beauty , have registered her name . Paul presents her in the celebrated galaxy of the ancient be- lievers - one of those who obtained a good report through faith , and that compose the great cloud of witnesses beholding from their ...
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Page 71 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 63 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 20 - And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Page 142 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 96 - Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Page 183 - And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Page 123 - 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 18 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Page 97 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 156 - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things ; but one thing is needful. And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.