The Contrast Between Good and Bad Men: Illustrated by the Biography and Truths of the Bible, Volume 1M. W. Dodd, 1855 |
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... prayer . Let this be the reader's request , as it is the author's for him , as he now sends . these volumes into the world . G. S. NEW YORK , BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL , April 1855 . CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD ...
... prayer . Let this be the reader's request , as it is the author's for him , as he now sends . these volumes into the world . G. S. NEW YORK , BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL , April 1855 . CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD ...
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... prayers are dictated by others , and in an un- known tongue . Amid all their simple or gor- geous externals , there is no inner and spiritual life ; their professed devotions are but the mock- ery of " sounding brass , or a tinkling ...
... prayers are dictated by others , and in an un- known tongue . Amid all their simple or gor- geous externals , there is no inner and spiritual life ; their professed devotions are but the mock- ery of " sounding brass , or a tinkling ...
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... prayers , were all devoted to this great end . His whole life was that of a man who was conscious that he was under the divine direction , and that his vocation had a special rela- tion to this lost world . There was a greatness and ...
... prayers , were all devoted to this great end . His whole life was that of a man who was conscious that he was under the divine direction , and that his vocation had a special rela- tion to this lost world . There was a greatness and ...
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... prayers , and did not leave off communing with him until Abraham himself was ashamed any further to urge his requests . At the close of that affecting scene , where he offered up his son , God called to him out of heaven , and said ...
... prayers , and did not leave off communing with him until Abraham himself was ashamed any further to urge his requests . At the close of that affecting scene , where he offered up his son , God called to him out of heaven , and said ...
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... prayer of his father , " O that Ishmael might live before thee ! " and that benignant answer , " As for Ishmael , I have heard thee , behold I have blessed him , " comprise , as it seems to us , more than mere tem- poral blessings . His ...
... prayer of his father , " O that Ishmael might live before thee ! " and that benignant answer , " As for Ishmael , I have heard thee , behold I have blessed him , " comprise , as it seems to us , more than mere tem- poral blessings . His ...
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Page 18 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 217 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 175 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 199 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.