The Olive Branch ...1831 - Christian literature - 308 pages |
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... by pleasant and profitable associations . It may re- mind the Christian believer of the high privileges with which , in his character as reconciled to heaven , he is invest- --- ed ; it may encourage him to remain stedfast PREFACE . vii.
... by pleasant and profitable associations . It may re- mind the Christian believer of the high privileges with which , in his character as reconciled to heaven , he is invest- --- ed ; it may encourage him to remain stedfast PREFACE . vii.
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... mind singularly gifted , has so industriously improved his talents , that , instead of being the guide of those poor and illiterate Normans , he is competent to fill the professor's chair of a chartered uni- versity . * Not many days ...
... mind singularly gifted , has so industriously improved his talents , that , instead of being the guide of those poor and illiterate Normans , he is competent to fill the professor's chair of a chartered uni- versity . * Not many days ...
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... mind . At the remotest end of the island , is an im- mense rock , including a surface of several acres , which , although apparently detached from the main , is united by a very narrow isthmus of about twenty yards in length ; and which ...
... mind . At the remotest end of the island , is an im- mense rock , including a surface of several acres , which , although apparently detached from the main , is united by a very narrow isthmus of about twenty yards in length ; and which ...
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... mind the perils of Helier . Pray , said the Pastor , as he drew on his cloak , pray that I may be able to calm the creature's apprehensions . It was truly a fearful night ; and glad indeed were Mrs D. and myself to hear our worthy host ...
... mind the perils of Helier . Pray , said the Pastor , as he drew on his cloak , pray that I may be able to calm the creature's apprehensions . It was truly a fearful night ; and glad indeed were Mrs D. and myself to hear our worthy host ...
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... The Pas- tor observed the cause , and in the midst of his own tears , and the tears of the entire con- gregation , he concluded by offering up in words as distinctly as his affected mind would permit , 50 THE ISLAND FISHERMAN .
... The Pas- tor observed the cause , and in the midst of his own tears , and the tears of the entire con- gregation , he concluded by offering up in words as distinctly as his affected mind would permit , 50 THE ISLAND FISHERMAN .
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Page 5 - And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David : if this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
Page 16 - He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; '"and confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, " saying, 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance/ "when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
Page 180 - Whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years...
Page 15 - Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Page 102 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 20 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day ; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 29 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 162 - So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Israel.
Page 5 - And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did ; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
Page 302 - Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people : and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.