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Abel Adoniah Æsop Alcibiades Amazia angel angel of death answered art thou asked Attalus Baruch beautiful Behold blessed bloom Brahmin Cain called cheerful cherub child countenance countryman cried Critias dark dear death disciples divine Dost thou dream earth Eglon Eliab Elimah Eloah evil exclaimed eyes father fell field flowers fruit garden ground hand hath Hazael heard heaven heavenly Hillel Hophni and Phinehas Israel Jehovah king Lamech land lifted light looked Lord Malchi master Matathias Mizraim morning mother mountains mourned Nathan night nightingale peace plant Plato POLYCARP praised priest prophet rejoiced replied rich rose saying silent smiled Socrates Solomon song sorrow soul spirit spring stood sweet tears Tekoa thee thing thou art thou hast thy heart thyself took tree tulip-tree unto valley voice walked wandered weeping wept wife wilt wisdom wise words wroth youth Zadok
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Page 200 - He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power : His understanding is infinite.
Page 23 - Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
Page 173 - Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father's house, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
Page 28 - I ate mine up directly," cried the youngest, " and threw away the stone, and my mother gave me half of hers. Oh! it tasted so sweet, and melted in the mouth!" " Well," said the father, " you acted more childishly and naturally, than wisely.
Page 251 - The youth assisted them bountifully ; and the poor people called him an angel of God. Hermas smiled, and said, " Thus turn always thy grateful countenance, first to heaven, and then to earth.
Page 127 - IN the holy land lived a man called Eliab, whom God had blessed with earthly goods ; he was also cunning in all the wisdom of the East. But all this could not bring peace to his heart...
Page 243 - THE GUIDE. A WANDERER had to go a long and dangerous journey over a rugged and rocky mountain, and knew not the way. He asked a traveller for information, of whom he heard that he had come this same path. The traveller pointed out the road to him clearly and distinctly, together with all the by-ways and precipices of which he must beware, and the rocks which...
Page 222 - And falling 41 into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the prow sticking fast remained immovable, but the stern was broken by the violence of the waves.
Page 259 - He who bids me put the grain of seed into the earth, that it may die and bring forth new fruit.
Page 252 - OF NATURE. AMONG the disciples of Hillel, the wise teacher of the sons of Israel, was one named Saboth, to whom every work was a great trouble, and who gave himself up to idleness and sloth. Hillel was grieved thereat for the vouth, and resolved to cure him of his fault.