 | James Fenimore Cooper - American literature - 1855 - 460 pages
...feeling. " I must answer you as Joshua told the Israelites of old — ' Choose you, this day, whom you will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served,...whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' " " Do you class me with the idolaters and pagans of Palestine?" demanded... | |
 | David Dale Stewart - 1855 - 104 pages
...said he "it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose yoir this day whom ye will serve—whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the...in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord." It was a simple resolution, but a very comprehensive one, and a very wise... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1856 - 504 pages
...feeling. " I must answer you as Joshua told the Israelites of old — ' Choose you, this day, whom you will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served,...whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' " " Do you class me with the idolaters and pagans of Palestine ?" demanded... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1857 - 496 pages
...man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, not thy stranger that is within thy gates. Josh. xxiv. 15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord,...the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: hut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Neh. xiii. 16, 17. [See ahove inb.] Jer. xvii.... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1858 - 698 pages
...now putting on the garments of light and salvation. XXIII. DECISION IN RELIGION.* •OSHUA, xxiv., 15 : And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord,...whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, ice will serve the Lord. THE connexion of these words constitutes an address which Joshua delivered... | |
 | New England journalist - Drinking of alcoholic beverages - 1859 - 328 pages
...plan from everlasting. It is written also in the 24th chapter of Joshua, 15th and 16th verses, — " And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose...whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. " And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1859 - 344 pages
...put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and serve ye the Lord ; and if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose...in whose land ye dwell ; but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord... | |
 | Kermit F. Franklin - Religion - 2002 - 122 pages
...church companions. God would not have us as believers, straddling this fence. Joshua said it best, "And- if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord,...in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15) The lukewarm Christian as well as the sinner has a choice to... | |
 | Nancy M. Tate - Religion - 2002 - 318 pages
...choice is up to each individual. Joshua presented the same choice to the people of Israel: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods...in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15). The Abyss Have you made your choice? Lord, We look forward... | |
 | Carolyn J. Baker - Religion - 2003 - 365 pages
...gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose...in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. I Samuel 12:20-22 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all... | |
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And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house,... 
