Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839Presbyterian board of publications, 1839 - 555 pages |
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... pleasant . Beautiful villages seem to be characteristic of French scenery . One or two handsome chateaux appear , with gilded railings according to French taste . Such country- Rev , xi . 8 . + Ezek . xvi . 49 , 50 . TROYES - CHATILLON ...
... pleasant . Beautiful villages seem to be characteristic of French scenery . One or two handsome chateaux appear , with gilded railings according to French taste . Such country- Rev , xi . 8 . + Ezek . xvi . 49 , 50 . TROYES - CHATILLON ...
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... pleasant little boy , looking at the diligence , who eagerly accepted the offer of a book suited to his age . Soon after he returned , bringing with him an old man , dressed in a blue frock , for whom he asked a tract . This old man was ...
... pleasant little boy , looking at the diligence , who eagerly accepted the offer of a book suited to his age . Soon after he returned , bringing with him an old man , dressed in a blue frock , for whom he asked a tract . This old man was ...
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... pleasant girl of Signora Reigna Andricas , a child of 12 years of age , died , " & c . Another epitaph , probably over a rabbi , runs thus : נודו על חכמה אשר אבדה נודו עלי תורה כגוש עפר נודו עלי אור אשר חשך " Lament over wisdom , which ...
... pleasant girl of Signora Reigna Andricas , a child of 12 years of age , died , " & c . Another epitaph , probably over a rabbi , runs thus : נודו על חכמה אשר אבדה נודו עלי תורה כגוש עפר נודו עלי אור אשר חשך " Lament over wisdom , which ...
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... pleasant square in the other extremity of the town . Here we took up our abode in an inn kept by a French- man . With calm delight we were now able to look round upon the land of Egypt , while many scenes of its event- ful history rose ...
... pleasant square in the other extremity of the town . Here we took up our abode in an inn kept by a French- man . With calm delight we were now able to look round upon the land of Egypt , while many scenes of its event- ful history rose ...
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... pleasant ride to the gardens of the Governor , about a mile from town . Passing out of the gate , we observed that every man who went out showed his hand to the sentinel . This is to prevent de- sertion from the army , every soldier ...
... pleasant ride to the gardens of the Governor , about a mile from town . Passing out of the gate , we observed that every man who went out showed his hand to the sentinel . This is to prevent de- sertion from the army , every soldier ...
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Page 191 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 133 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 173 - 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 281 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 264 - In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem For sin and for uncleanness.
Page 262 - 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 . 5 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 the nations.
Page 205 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 21 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 401 - Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly : gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts : let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Page 213 - Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well.