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... been ably treated by others ; but , the works referred to were , for the most part , written for a different class of readers , and are better adapted to more highly educated minds . In the following pages nothing more has been aimed at.
... been ably treated by others ; but , the works referred to were , for the most part , written for a different class of readers , and are better adapted to more highly educated minds . In the following pages nothing more has been aimed at.
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... mind of Cain . On Adam , meanwhile , must have devolved the task of training his sons for their future occupations ... minds lessons of religion and virtue ; and the mother , it is not unlikely , would relate to them , with feelings of ...
... mind of Cain . On Adam , meanwhile , must have devolved the task of training his sons for their future occupations ... minds lessons of religion and virtue ; and the mother , it is not unlikely , would relate to them , with feelings of ...
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... mind , that she might assist in working out God's designs , by persuading her husband to take a second wife in the person of her Egyptian handmaid Hagar . This was a plan often resorted to in Eastern nations , but it was not according ...
... mind , that she might assist in working out God's designs , by persuading her husband to take a second wife in the person of her Egyptian handmaid Hagar . This was a plan often resorted to in Eastern nations , but it was not according ...
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... mind ; and now , as the words of the angel reached her through the open door of the tent , instead of receiving them , as she would once have done , in humble faith and gratitude , she laughed within herself , and even went so far as to ...
... mind ; and now , as the words of the angel reached her through the open door of the tent , instead of receiving them , as she would once have done , in humble faith and gratitude , she laughed within herself , and even went so far as to ...
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... mind . There is something deeply touching in the last notice we have of the wife of Abraham : for more than a hundred years the " heart of her husband had safely trusted in her , for she had done him good and not evil all the days of ...
... mind . There is something deeply touching in the last notice we have of the wife of Abraham : for more than a hundred years the " heart of her husband had safely trusted in her , for she had done him good and not evil all the days of ...
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Page 107 - 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 68 - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 189 - And when they saw him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Page 219 - And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
Page 117 - And the women said unto Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
Page 62 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 146 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Page 156 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 25 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Page 54 - My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.