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... truth , that truth is presented in the words and literary forms of par- ticular ages , according to the modes of thought of par- ticular periods of history and of a particular country . So , if the student would discover its true ...
... truth , that truth is presented in the words and literary forms of par- ticular ages , according to the modes of thought of par- ticular periods of history and of a particular country . So , if the student would discover its true ...
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... truths of the Bible are presented to us in the same literary forms that are used in secular litera- ture , it is well that each book should be approached in somewhat the same way that a student approaches the study of a secular ...
... truths of the Bible are presented to us in the same literary forms that are used in secular litera- ture , it is well that each book should be approached in somewhat the same way that a student approaches the study of a secular ...
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... truth , of many of its books . It has led to the use of the Bible as a sort of dictionary of religion , such an arrangement being admirably suited for this use . Indeed , to a great many persons , the Bible is simply a collection of ...
... truth , of many of its books . It has led to the use of the Bible as a sort of dictionary of religion , such an arrangement being admirably suited for this use . Indeed , to a great many persons , the Bible is simply a collection of ...
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... truth will grow upon one and a more familiar knowledge will make the whole book clearer and more impressive . 5. Read it independently . By independently is meant , first of all , that it should be read without reference to commentaries ...
... truth will grow upon one and a more familiar knowledge will make the whole book clearer and more impressive . 5. Read it independently . By independently is meant , first of all , that it should be read without reference to commentaries ...
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... truth . 2. Paradise and the Fall , the Story of Man's Separa- tion from God ; the most serious problem in the universe -Sin . 3. Cain and Abel , the Story of Self - Control . " Am I my brother's keeper ? " 4. The Great Flood ...
... truth . 2. Paradise and the Fall , the Story of Man's Separa- tion from God ; the most serious problem in the universe -Sin . 3. Cain and Abel , the Story of Self - Control . " Am I my brother's keeper ? " 4. The Great Flood ...
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Page 41 - Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Page 92 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb...
Page 17 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...
Page 52 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 90 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 52 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest I will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 168 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 108 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well ; let him do the kinsman's part : but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth : lie down until the morning.
Page 127 - There's a wideness in God's mercy, Like the wideness of the sea ; There's a kindness in His justice, Which is more than liberty.
Page 162 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.