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Nehemiah ii: 15. A dead city is more suggestive than a living city — past Eome
than present Eome — ruins rather than newly frescoed cathedral. But the best
time to visit a ruin is by moonlight. The Coliseum is far more fascinating to the
traveler ...
Nehemiah ii: 15. A dead city is more suggestive than a living city — past Eome
than present Eome — ruins rather than newly frescoed cathedral. But the best
time to visit a ruin is by moonlight. The Coliseum is far more fascinating to the
traveler ...
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Heavy-hearted Nehemiah ! Eiding in and out, now by his old home desolated,
now by the defaced Temple, now amid the scars of the city that had gone down
under battering-ram and conflagration. The escorting party knows not what ...
Heavy-hearted Nehemiah ! Eiding in and out, now by his old home desolated,
now by the defaced Temple, now amid the scars of the city that had gone down
under battering-ram and conflagration. The escorting party knows not what ...
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It is through the spectacles of this scene that we discover the ardent attachment of
Nehemiah for sacred Jerusalem, which in all ages has been the type of the
church of God, our Jerusalem, which we love just as much as Nehemiah loved
his ...
It is through the spectacles of this scene that we discover the ardent attachment of
Nehemiah for sacred Jerusalem, which in all ages has been the type of the
church of God, our Jerusalem, which we love just as much as Nehemiah loved
his ...
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siasm of Nehemiah in his midnight moonlight ride around the ruins of his beloved
Jerusalem. Again, my text impresses me with the fact that, before reconstruction,
there must be an exploration of ruins. Why was not Nehemiah asleep under the ...
siasm of Nehemiah in his midnight moonlight ride around the ruins of his beloved
Jerusalem. Again, my text impresses me with the fact that, before reconstruction,
there must be an exploration of ruins. Why was not Nehemiah asleep under the ...
Page 248
Not so says Nehemiah. Although he had a grief so intense that it excited the
commentary of his king, yet that penniless, expatriated Nehemiah rouses himself
up to rebuild the city. He gets his permission of absence. He gets his passports.
Not so says Nehemiah. Although he had a grief so intense that it excited the
commentary of his king, yet that penniless, expatriated Nehemiah rouses himself
up to rebuild the city. He gets his permission of absence. He gets his passports.
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| Title | night scenes of city life |
| Author | t. dewitt talmage d.d |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
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