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... ruins , piled up here and there by the hand of Providence , the prophetic words of Isaiah and Jeremiah seemed still to ring in my ears ; and more than once my tears flowed at these religious recollections . Then did I think of the fair ...
... ruins , piled up here and there by the hand of Providence , the prophetic words of Isaiah and Jeremiah seemed still to ring in my ears ; and more than once my tears flowed at these religious recollections . Then did I think of the fair ...
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... Ruins of Jericho - The Jordan - The Dead Sea- Salt - Statue of Lot's Wife- Return to Jerusalem - Night spent at the - Gate of the City • 262 LETTER XXXI . - Mount Sion - House of Caiaphas - Tomb Description of Jerusalem - of David - The ...
... Ruins of Jericho - The Jordan - The Dead Sea- Salt - Statue of Lot's Wife- Return to Jerusalem - Night spent at the - Gate of the City • 262 LETTER XXXI . - Mount Sion - House of Caiaphas - Tomb Description of Jerusalem - of David - The ...
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... ruins , those arms.of Jerusalem on all the walls , those monks , far away from their native land , beneath a sultry sky , singing the praises of the Lord , among Turks , Greeks , and Arabs . The Turks of this country respect the ...
... ruins , those arms.of Jerusalem on all the walls , those monks , far away from their native land , beneath a sultry sky , singing the praises of the Lord , among Turks , Greeks , and Arabs . The Turks of this country respect the ...
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... ruins which surrounded them , they suspended none of their customary devotions and processions ; if they had to walk over rubbish , they sang not the less diligently the mercies of the Lord . The church of the Holy Sepulchre has been ...
... ruins which surrounded them , they suspended none of their customary devotions and processions ; if they had to walk over rubbish , they sang not the less diligently the mercies of the Lord . The church of the Holy Sepulchre has been ...
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... ruins of the fortress rather than capitulate , unless the arrears of their pay , owing by the Pacha of Acre , are discharged . Then only will they open their gates and submit ; but , first of all , the money down . The firing of cannon ...
... ruins of the fortress rather than capitulate , unless the arrears of their pay , owing by the Pacha of Acre , are discharged . Then only will they open their gates and submit ; but , first of all , the money down . The firing of cannon ...
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Page 385 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Page 67 - And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Page 298 - And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you : this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 304 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Page 225 - When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Page 334 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 77 - And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier ; and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, arise ; and he that was dead sat up, and began to speak ; and he delivered him to his mother.
Page 42 - ... the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 300 - Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Page 191 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world ; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me ? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them : behold, they know what I said.