The Christian keepsake and missionary annual, ed. by W. Ellis. [Continued as] Christian keepsakerev William Ellis 1835 |
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... hills , when they are written with the pen of the watching angels ? Have they not looked night by night upon the stars , when they mark in fire upon the vault of heaven the fates of nations ? Listen , then , sons of the wilderness , to ...
... hills , when they are written with the pen of the watching angels ? Have they not looked night by night upon the stars , when they mark in fire upon the vault of heaven the fates of nations ? Listen , then , sons of the wilderness , to ...
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... hill , probably at the point given in the design . An old Arab , who acts as a protector to the sacred spot , lives high up among the rocks , and receives the people of Gaza and the Fellahs of Wady Mousa , who come here sometimes with a ...
... hill , probably at the point given in the design . An old Arab , who acts as a protector to the sacred spot , lives high up among the rocks , and receives the people of Gaza and the Fellahs of Wady Mousa , who come here sometimes with a ...
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... hill , till it was heard rolling away through the twilight land , doubling and redoubling in distant thunder . The king was descending from his throne to pour the last offering from his cup on the altar , when the tramp of horses ' feet ...
... hill , till it was heard rolling away through the twilight land , doubling and redoubling in distant thunder . The king was descending from his throne to pour the last offering from his cup on the altar , when the tramp of horses ' feet ...
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... hills , lightning ran along the ground , and set the forests in flame . No man could slumber during that dread- ful night . I stood by the king's feet in his chamber . At midnight he sprang from his couch : " Evil is come , " said he in ...
... hills , lightning ran along the ground , and set the forests in flame . No man could slumber during that dread- ful night . I stood by the king's feet in his chamber . At midnight he sprang from his couch : " Evil is come , " said he in ...
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... hills blocked up our way . But my horsemen were bold , our steeds were the finest of Arabia , and we swept on with the swiftness of the winds that roared around us . Towards day - break the storm went down , the lightnings flashed more ...
... hills blocked up our way . But my horsemen were bold , our steeds were the finest of Arabia , and we swept on with the swiftness of the winds that roared around us . Towards day - break the storm went down , the lightnings flashed more ...
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Page 170 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 197 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 188 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Page 203 - And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Page 198 - And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman ; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Page 288 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 199 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 198 - Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, "This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
Page 85 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 203 - Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, It is well.