Our Saviour's Days: A Jewish TaleJ[ames] B. Dow, 1839 - 142 pages |
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... poor old widow , who had an only son . young man had been ill for some time before , and the misery of the poor woman was exces- sive . She had bred up this child in the hope that he would one day prove the support and comfort of her ...
... poor old widow , who had an only son . young man had been ill for some time before , and the misery of the poor woman was exces- sive . She had bred up this child in the hope that he would one day prove the support and comfort of her ...
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... poor wo- man's heart was comforted even in her tears . Then he went up to the bier , and , removing the cloth from the body , ordered the young man to arise . He spoke with all the gentleness of the kindest mourner ; but it was with an ...
... poor wo- man's heart was comforted even in her tears . Then he went up to the bier , and , removing the cloth from the body , ordered the young man to arise . He spoke with all the gentleness of the kindest mourner ; but it was with an ...
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... poor innocents , who in their death proved that Jesus was the son of David ? Did not his parents go up to enrol their names in their own city , the city of David , because they were of the house and lineage of David ? ' 6 6 Miriam ...
... poor innocents , who in their death proved that Jesus was the son of David ? Did not his parents go up to enrol their names in their own city , the city of David , because they were of the house and lineage of David ? ' 6 6 Miriam ...
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... poor son's mar- riage ? In truth , I see not my way out of all the difficulties which surround us . But God is merciful , and the wisest of men guide not their affairs with half the wisdom which he displays in our favor . ' So reasoned ...
... poor son's mar- riage ? In truth , I see not my way out of all the difficulties which surround us . But God is merciful , and the wisest of men guide not their affairs with half the wisdom which he displays in our favor . ' So reasoned ...
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... poor woman ! Had she all the advantages which you possessed ? Had she all the warnings which you have again and again transgressed ; against which you have -I never felt what it hardened your heart ? was to grieve for my sins till that ...
... poor woman ! Had she all the advantages which you possessed ? Had she all the warnings which you have again and again transgressed ; against which you have -I never felt what it hardened your heart ? was to grieve for my sins till that ...
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Page 132 - If ye think good, give me my price ; and if not, forbear." So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, "Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them!" And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
Page 27 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing : for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 25 - ... but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Page 26 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart : Be strong, fear not : behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense ; he will come and save you.
Page 132 - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation ; Lowly, and riding upon an ass, Even upon a colt, the foal of an ass.
Page 22 - The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 33 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 26 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall be glorious.
Page 32 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Page 28 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.