Sunday Evenings, Or, An Easy Introduction to Reading of the Bible: Designed for Sunday Reading and Sunday-school LibrariesJ. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... desired so eagerly , and which God was pleased to give him in answer to his prayers . Thus , my dear boy , I have given you a full ac- count of the prophet's departure from this world , as it is written in that most wonderful and best ...
... desired so eagerly , and which God was pleased to give him in answer to his prayers . Thus , my dear boy , I have given you a full ac- count of the prophet's departure from this world , as it is written in that most wonderful and best ...
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... desired her to borrow of her neighbours a great number of empty vessels ; and when she had come into her house and shut the door , she was to pour out the oil into the vessels . I dare say she wondered why she was to get such a great ...
... desired her to borrow of her neighbours a great number of empty vessels ; and when she had come into her house and shut the door , she was to pour out the oil into the vessels . I dare say she wondered why she was to get such a great ...
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... desired Gehazi to set it before the people , that they might eat . His servant was astonished at such a command , and said , " What ! should I set this before an hun- dred men ? " How were a hundred people to be fed with twenty loaves ...
... desired Gehazi to set it before the people , that they might eat . His servant was astonished at such a command , and said , " What ! should I set this before an hun- dred men ? " How were a hundred people to be fed with twenty loaves ...
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... desired his servants to watch Elisha , and to let him know where he was to be found , that he might send and take him prisoner . " And it was told him , saying , Behold he is in Dothan ; " a small city not far from Samaria . Then the ...
... desired his servants to watch Elisha , and to let him know where he was to be found , that he might send and take him prisoner . " And it was told him , saying , Behold he is in Dothan ; " a small city not far from Samaria . Then the ...
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... take him ; for he had brought them into the very midst of their enemies , and they would soon have been utterly destroyed , had not the prophet desired the king of Israel not to smite SAMARIA BESIEGED BY THE SYRIANS . 57.
... take him ; for he had brought them into the very midst of their enemies , and they would soon have been utterly destroyed , had not the prophet desired the king of Israel not to smite SAMARIA BESIEGED BY THE SYRIANS . 57.
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Page 163 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 177 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of Heaven hath given me all the Kingdoms of the earth ; and He hath charged me to BUILD HIM AN HOUSE at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 88 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Page 122 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any...
Page 195 - Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 69 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Page 144 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 56 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 19 - And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Page 74 - And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.