Testimonies to the Most High, drawn from the books of nature and revelation, by the author of 'Sunday evenings at home'.Duffy, 1861 - 209 pages |
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... c . , CHAPTER IX . 84 Botany ( continued ) -Arbor Vitæ , Tree of Knowledge , Olive , Cedar , Oak , Myrtle , Palm , and other Forest Plants , Passion Flower , & c . , 93 CHAPTER X. The Brute Creation - Beasts , Fishes ,
... c . , CHAPTER IX . 84 Botany ( continued ) -Arbor Vitæ , Tree of Knowledge , Olive , Cedar , Oak , Myrtle , Palm , and other Forest Plants , Passion Flower , & c . , 93 CHAPTER X. The Brute Creation - Beasts , Fishes ,
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... tree . ( Gen. xxxv . ) With regard to so privi- leged a people as the Jews , although the Red Sea waves opened a dry passage for them , and then closed upon their idolatrous enemies - notwithstanding this , and other prodigies wrought ...
... tree . ( Gen. xxxv . ) With regard to so privi- leged a people as the Jews , although the Red Sea waves opened a dry passage for them , and then closed upon their idolatrous enemies - notwithstanding this , and other prodigies wrought ...
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... tree . About the same time , 450 pseudo - priests of Baal were opposed to the Lord's one true prophet , Elias . Although , " Israel yet had thousands sealed , Who to Baal never kneeled . " Nevertheless , Jeroboam and other kings of ...
... tree . About the same time , 450 pseudo - priests of Baal were opposed to the Lord's one true prophet , Elias . Although , " Israel yet had thousands sealed , Who to Baal never kneeled . " Nevertheless , Jeroboam and other kings of ...
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... trees , probably not unlike the Scandinavian " doom rings , of old , or circles of judgment . " Though used for a holier purpose , the oratories of early patriarchs were , doubtless , quite as simple in construction : " The groves were ...
... trees , probably not unlike the Scandinavian " doom rings , of old , or circles of judgment . " Though used for a holier purpose , the oratories of early patriarchs were , doubtless , quite as simple in construction : " The groves were ...
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... the remembrance of a hidden God . " It is said of a doctor of the Church ( S. Bernard ) that he preferred to learn more about God's providence from * the trees of the forest than from books in a 28 TESTIMONIES TO THE MOST HIGH .
... the remembrance of a hidden God . " It is said of a doctor of the Church ( S. Bernard ) that he preferred to learn more about God's providence from * the trees of the forest than from books in a 28 TESTIMONIES TO THE MOST HIGH .
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