Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: A Picture of Judaism, in the Century which Preceded the Advent of Our Saviour |
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... and with overflowing eyes she proceeded : My tears have been my food day and night , While they say unto me continually " Where is thy God ? " The thought of her deceased husband rushed upon her mind 1 CHAPTER Alexandria.
... and with overflowing eyes she proceeded : My tears have been my food day and night , While they say unto me continually " Where is thy God ? " The thought of her deceased husband rushed upon her mind 1 CHAPTER Alexandria.
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... night , I have heard thy prayer and have chosen this place to myself , as a house of sacrifice.'t And this place is Moriah , where Abraham was about to offer up his own son . " " Knowest thou not , " continued the elder , " what Isaiali ...
... night , I have heard thy prayer and have chosen this place to myself , as a house of sacrifice.'t And this place is Moriah , where Abraham was about to offer up his own son . " " Knowest thou not , " continued the elder , " what Isaiali ...
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... night of spring . Refreshing odors arose from the surrounding gardens . The countless stars shed down their twinkling radiance upon him , and the moon's new light was mirrored in the lake and the canals of the Nile . Before him lay the ...
... night of spring . Refreshing odors arose from the surrounding gardens . The countless stars shed down their twinkling radiance upon him , and the moon's new light was mirrored in the lake and the canals of the Nile . Before him lay the ...
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... night as he sung , By the rivers of Babel we sat and wept When we thought on Zion . We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof . - Ps . cxxxvii . " Here we ought to hang them upon the pyramids , " con- tinued he . " The ...
... night as he sung , By the rivers of Babel we sat and wept When we thought on Zion . We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof . - Ps . cxxxvii . " Here we ought to hang them upon the pyramids , " con- tinued he . " The ...
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... night and his thought by day . Leontopolis , the character and proceedings of the Hel- lenists , and even the conversation at this evening's entertain- ment , all conspired to convince him , that Egypt was no place for the fulfilment of ...
... night and his thought by day . Leontopolis , the character and proceedings of the Hel- lenists , and even the conversation at this evening's entertain- ment , all conspired to convince him , that Egypt was no place for the fulfilment of ...
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Page 34 - Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 70 - Behold, O My people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Page 15 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 156 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 49 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 63 - And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
Page 70 - 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 30 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 83 - He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Page 72 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice...