Mornings with Mama; Or, Dialogues on Scripture for Young Persons ...W. Whyte & Company, 1834 |
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Page 149
... Samson , or of David , matter for arraigning either the wisdom or truth of the Most High , would do well to try , by even that avowedly imperfect standard , their own far scantier measure of piety , of obedience , of faith , of devotion ...
... Samson , or of David , matter for arraigning either the wisdom or truth of the Most High , would do well to try , by even that avowedly imperfect standard , their own far scantier measure of piety , of obedience , of faith , of devotion ...
Page 150
... Samson , to have been frequently and fa- tally infringed . To what tribe did his father Manoah belong ? MARY . He was of the Danites . MAMA . Yes : and the Jews themselves are fond of considering what was prophesied by Ja- cob of the ...
... Samson , to have been frequently and fa- tally infringed . To what tribe did his father Manoah belong ? MARY . He was of the Danites . MAMA . Yes : and the Jews themselves are fond of considering what was prophesied by Ja- cob of the ...
Page 151
... Samson ) , or for a limited period . Nor does the pure light of Christianity seem to have immediately superseded them . Do you re- collect any eminent Christian who , in fulfilment of just such an engagement , did the exact reverse of ...
... Samson ) , or for a limited period . Nor does the pure light of Christianity seem to have immediately superseded them . Do you re- collect any eminent Christian who , in fulfilment of just such an engagement , did the exact reverse of ...
Page 155
... Samson puts this in the clearest light . What was the first decisive proof that his ordinary actions were by no means under spiritual direction ? MARY . Oh , foolish Samson ! He chose a wife from among the wicked Philistines ! No wonder ...
... Samson puts this in the clearest light . What was the first decisive proof that his ordinary actions were by no means under spiritual direction ? MARY . Oh , foolish Samson ! He chose a wife from among the wicked Philistines ! No wonder ...
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... Samson at Timnath , and some stay at home , that he sub- sequently returned to carry back his wife , and , as in those hot countries a very few days would have reduced to a dry scentless framework of bones the skeleton of the lion ...
... Samson at Timnath , and some stay at home , that he sub- sequently returned to carry back his wife , and , as in those hot countries a very few days would have reduced to a dry scentless framework of bones the skeleton of the lion ...
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Page 78 - And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
Page 14 - And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know, that as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
Page 305 - And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not : for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
Page 17 - For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
Page 79 - Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
Page 77 - ... know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Page 250 - And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
Page 91 - And an Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, " I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers ; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you ; and ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars.
Page 298 - And now, behold, the king walketh before you : and I am old and grayheaded ; and, behold, my sons are with you : and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
Page 228 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.