Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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... mountains- Infant baptism -- Missionary interview - Visit to Bzomer - Tripoli - Convent of Mar Antonius - Rug- gedness of the way - Statistical - Cedars of Lebanon -Mountain snow - Plain of Celo - Syria - Ruins X CONTENTS .
... mountains- Infant baptism -- Missionary interview - Visit to Bzomer - Tripoli - Convent of Mar Antonius - Rug- gedness of the way - Statistical - Cedars of Lebanon -Mountain snow - Plain of Celo - Syria - Ruins X CONTENTS .
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... mountain - Sickness - Greek ordination— Return to Beyroot - Natural history - Reflections- Letters , ..... 335-380 CHAPTER ... mountains - Governor of Tartoos -Turkish guide - Arrival at Tripoli -- Return to Beyroot -- Residence at Jaffa ...
... mountain - Sickness - Greek ordination— Return to Beyroot - Natural history - Reflections- Letters , ..... 335-380 CHAPTER ... mountains - Governor of Tartoos -Turkish guide - Arrival at Tripoli -- Return to Beyroot -- Residence at Jaffa ...
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... mountains , his early decision to become a missionary may be re- garded , as the result of sound judgment and en- lightened zeal . To this early fixedness of purpose respecting the object of pursuit he was indebted under God for no ...
... mountains , his early decision to become a missionary may be re- garded , as the result of sound judgment and en- lightened zeal . To this early fixedness of purpose respecting the object of pursuit he was indebted under God for no ...
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... mountains , apparently of granite . " At half past twelve stopped for dinner , at a Turkish coffee house . It was built of mud and small stones ; and was about ten feet square and ten high . The roof was of pine bushes . The ground ...
... mountains , apparently of granite . " At half past twelve stopped for dinner , at a Turkish coffee house . It was built of mud and small stones ; and was about ten feet square and ten high . The roof was of pine bushes . The ground ...
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... mountainous pastures ; south and east a fertile plain . Nine or ten minarets speak the power of the false prophet . " Returned from the castle , and went to the site of an ancient theatre , west of the town . It is a semicircular cavity ...
... mountainous pastures ; south and east a fertile plain . Nine or ten minarets speak the power of the false prophet . " Returned from the castle , and went to the site of an ancient theatre , west of the town . It is a semicircular cavity ...
Common terms and phrases
Arabic Armenian arrived attention Bedouins Beyroot Bible bless brethren brother Cairo called Catholic Christ Christian church consul convent conversation Coptic Copts dear death dervish devoted divine duty earth Egypt engaged English faith father favorable feel feet Fisk friends gave give glory Gospel Greek half past happy heart heathen heaven hill Holy hope inhabitants inquired Jaffa gate Jerusalem Jesus Jews journey King kohen labors letter live lodgings Lord Mallem Malta Maronite mind mission missionary morning mosque Mount Lebanon mountains Mussulmans pasha passed Pergamos persons piety plain pray prayer preach priests received religion religious respecting Sabbath Saviour Scriptures seems Seminary sins Smyrna Society soon soul spirit Syria temple Testament thing thou Tiberias tion told tomb took town Tracts travellers Turkish Turks village wall wish Wolff Zion