Lectures on Scripture History, Designed Particularly for the Instruction of Young Persons in India, Volume 1A.C. Balfour, 1819 |
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... light , sun , moon and stars . The sea and the dry land . Trees , flowers and herbs . Fishes , birds and beasts . Man and woman . -It tells us that man was made in the image of God , in his moral image , righteous and holy . - It tells ...
... light , sun , moon and stars . The sea and the dry land . Trees , flowers and herbs . Fishes , birds and beasts . Man and woman . -It tells us that man was made in the image of God , in his moral image , righteous and holy . - It tells ...
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... light , and there was light . " The lives of good men are given at large , and only a short account of the lives of the wicked . It lays down rules and gives exam- ples for all ranks and conditions of men ; kings and judges , rich and ...
... light , and there was light . " The lives of good men are given at large , and only a short account of the lives of the wicked . It lays down rules and gives exam- ples for all ranks and conditions of men ; kings and judges , rich and ...
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... light abroad ; The youngest minds instruction find , And raise their thoughts to God . ' Tis like the sun , a heav'nly light , That guides us all the day ; And thro ' the dangers of the night , A lamp to lead our way . The youths that ...
... light abroad ; The youngest minds instruction find , And raise their thoughts to God . ' Tis like the sun , a heav'nly light , That guides us all the day ; And thro ' the dangers of the night , A lamp to lead our way . The youths that ...
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... LIGHT . " And God said , let there be light , and there was light , " that is a common brightness distinct from the light of the sun . This was the first of all visible things which God made , not that God wanted light to work by , but ...
... LIGHT . " And God said , let there be light , and there was light , " that is a common brightness distinct from the light of the sun . This was the first of all visible things which God made , not that God wanted light to work by , but ...
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... light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts , to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ . " Light is universal , it is not confined . to India - not to one quarter of the globe ...
... light to shine out of darkness , hath shined in our hearts , to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ . " Light is universal , it is not confined . to India - not to one quarter of the globe ...
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Abel Abra Abraham Abram Abram and Lot Adam Adam and Eve Angel beasts beautiful behold blessing body brother burnt offering Cain Cain and Abel Cain rose called camels CATECHETICAL QUESTIONS Chedorlaomer child children of men Chinsurah Christ command creatures darkness death destroy earth evil eyes faith father flood fruit garden garden of Eden gave give Hagar hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy HYMN Isaac Ishmael Jesus kind king land LECTURE LECTURE light live look Lord master Melchizedek mercy mind mountains Noah offering parents PRACTICAL ADDRESS pray prayer promise punished rain Rainbow Rebekah righteous sacrifice Sarah Sarai serpent servants shalt thou Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah soul stars tell thee ther things thou hast thou shalt thy seed told Tower tree unto wicked wife words young Zoar
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Page 267 - 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 325 - And let it come to pass that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink, and I will give 'thy camels drink also ; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant Isaac, and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Page 309 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page xviii - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 134 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 59 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 139 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 32 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 164 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 304 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.