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... idol of our country , and of his own . They will not be found in most of the histories of that eventful period ; in part , because such facts as these are not very generally known ; and , in part , because there are histori- ans who do ...
... idol of our country , and of his own . They will not be found in most of the histories of that eventful period ; in part , because such facts as these are not very generally known ; and , in part , because there are histori- ans who do ...
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... idol ex- ceeding fearful to behold . Three heads had the idol , painted of many colors according to the fancy of the soothsayers . And round about the idol was smoke and fire , which the sooth- sayers had care to feed . 10. And the rich ...
... idol ex- ceeding fearful to behold . Three heads had the idol , painted of many colors according to the fancy of the soothsayers . And round about the idol was smoke and fire , which the sooth- sayers had care to feed . 10. And the rich ...
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... idol , that he shall ex- pound unto them : ' All that befalleth you is of the idol . Your miseries are his judgments , and his judgments are blessings , because of the good which he hath in store for you when your life shall be ended ...
... idol , that he shall ex- pound unto them : ' All that befalleth you is of the idol . Your miseries are his judgments , and his judgments are blessings , because of the good which he hath in store for you when your life shall be ended ...
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... idol and all that lived by the idol . 22. And behold the soothsayers grew proud with an exceed- ing pride , and they strained their authority even over the rich merchants and the money - makers to the uttermost ; and they cried , " give ...
... idol and all that lived by the idol . 22. And behold the soothsayers grew proud with an exceed- ing pride , and they strained their authority even over the rich merchants and the money - makers to the uttermost ; and they cried , " give ...
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... idol , and showed how it devoured of the fruits of the people and took the bills of the money - makers , and how the fruits and the money which were sacrificed unto it passed into the garners and the coffers of the soothsayers . 5. And ...
... idol , and showed how it devoured of the fruits of the people and took the bills of the money - makers , and how the fruits and the money which were sacrificed unto it passed into the garners and the coffers of the soothsayers . 5. And ...
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Popular passages
Page 14 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 14 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 3 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Page 16 - Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 4 - Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth into the struggle and bustle of the world. Love is but the embellishment of his early life, or a song piped in the intervals of the acts.
Page 16 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 7 - But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her own thoughts and feelings; and if they are turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall she look for consolation! Her lot is to be wooed and won; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate.
Page 8 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Page 5 - The love of a delicate female is always shy and silent Even when fortunate, she scarcely breathes it to herself; but when otherwise, she buries it in the recesses of her bosom, and there lets it cower and brood among the ruins of her peace.
Page 16 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.