Women of the BibleLane & Scott, 1851 - 225 pages |
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... child of God may be perfect . The author deems it just to himself to add , that in attempting to throw himself back amid Scripture characters and Scripture times , he has aimed to keep his eye steady upon recorded facts and incidents ...
... child of God may be perfect . The author deems it just to himself to add , that in attempting to throw himself back amid Scripture characters and Scripture times , he has aimed to keep his eye steady upon recorded facts and incidents ...
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... children , she sought , according to a usage not unknown to those times , to gain posterity by proxy . Accordingly she gave to her husband as a wife her bondmaid Hagar , who became the mother of Ishmael . At the very advanced age of ...
... children , she sought , according to a usage not unknown to those times , to gain posterity by proxy . Accordingly she gave to her husband as a wife her bondmaid Hagar , who became the mother of Ishmael . At the very advanced age of ...
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... children , whom , as she fled , she had been compelled to leave behind her . Must they , also , be lost in the threatened destruc- tion ? Then , again , what would she do in the future ? Whither was she flying ? Would she find another ...
... children , whom , as she fled , she had been compelled to leave behind her . Must they , also , be lost in the threatened destruc- tion ? Then , again , what would she do in the future ? Whither was she flying ? Would she find another ...
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... child . Doubt not her penitence before her God , and his forgiveness through the promised Seed . Be there smiles for her dying hours ; when the Heaven - destined Isaac leaned over her who was the joy of his life , and pointed her away ...
... child . Doubt not her penitence before her God , and his forgiveness through the promised Seed . Be there smiles for her dying hours ; when the Heaven - destined Isaac leaned over her who was the joy of his life , and pointed her away ...
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... children's peace ! Jacob loved Rachel . " Ay , -and Rachel should have been the wife of Jacob , -and she alone . He sought no other , -wished no other ; and had he been permitted to wed freely the one he loved , their happiness had vied ...
... children's peace ! Jacob loved Rachel . " Ay , -and Rachel should have been the wife of Jacob , -and she alone . He sought no other , -wished no other ; and had he been permitted to wed freely the one he loved , their happiness had vied ...
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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.