The Woodleigh stories; or, Tales for Sunday reading |
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AGNES Ahab Ahasuerus altar Amaziah Antiochus appeared Artaxerxes asked Astyages Baal Babylon Bedan beheld believe Belshazzar Book Book of Daniel Chaldæans CLEMENT command Cyaxares II Cyrus Daniel Darius the Mede David death decree doubt doubtless Elijah enemy Esther exclaimed eyes Ezekiel father favour fear feast GEORGE Greek ground hand Hatach hath heard heaven Hebrew High Priest Hildad Holy honour hundred Isaiah Israel Jaddua Jeconiah Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judah King King's kingdom land Lord MASON MATTHEWS MAUDE Mordecai Nabonetus Nebaioth Nebuchadnezzar Neri never offered palace passed Persian prayer present prophecy prophet Ptolemy Queen reign returned royal sacrifice Samaria Saul scarcely Scripture seemed servant slain soldiers Solomon stone stood story strange suppose Surely sword Syrian Temple thee Thou art Thou hast throne uncle unto Uzziah walls whole wont words worship Xerxes yonder Zechariah Zedekiah Zerubbabel
Popular passages
Page 51 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 83 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour.
Page 357 - And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Page 163 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Page 91 - At last I heard a voice upon the slope Cry to the summit, " Is there any hope ? " To which an answer peal'd from that high land, But in a tongue no man could understand ; And on the glimmering limit far withdrawn God made Himself an awful rose of dawn.
Page 195 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
Page 356 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold there stood before the river A RAM, which had two horns, and the two horns were high : But one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Page 356 - I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward ; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand ; but he did according to his will, and became great.
Page 300 - O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions...
Page 154 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.