Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, A.M.: Late Missionary to PalestineAccount of P. Fisk's journeys in Middle East 1819-1825, visiting Smyrna, Chios, Asia Minor, Malta, Egypt, Jerusalem, Beirut. |
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Page 124
... Entered Haivali at seven ; that is , in 25 hours , or about 75 miles from Smyrna . With some difficulty we found our way to a tavern ; and , after much de- lay and perplexity , obtained the use of a small apart- ment . A wooden platform ...
... Entered Haivali at seven ; that is , in 25 hours , or about 75 miles from Smyrna . With some difficulty we found our way to a tavern ; and , after much de- lay and perplexity , obtained the use of a small apart- ment . A wooden platform ...
Page 136
... entered the town we counted 20 minarets . The mosques , as well as their minarets , are painted white , and give the city a more splendid appearance than we have before seen in Asia . We put up at a khan . Toward even- ing went out to ...
... entered the town we counted 20 minarets . The mosques , as well as their minarets , are painted white , and give the city a more splendid appearance than we have before seen in Asia . We put up at a khan . Toward even- ing went out to ...
Page 137
... entered a narrow valley , in which a small rivulet descends from mount Sypilus - rode half an hour along the stream , and then began to ascend the mountain . This is the first mountain which we have had occasion to cross during our tour ...
... entered a narrow valley , in which a small rivulet descends from mount Sypilus - rode half an hour along the stream , and then began to ascend the mountain . This is the first mountain which we have had occasion to cross during our tour ...
Page 147
... entering the town we passed through the Jews ' neighborhood , and called at a place near the synagogue , where their schools are taught , saw six schools in which were about 150 boys reading Hebrew . There are some other schools which ...
... entering the town we passed through the Jews ' neighborhood , and called at a place near the synagogue , where their schools are taught , saw six schools in which were about 150 boys reading Hebrew . There are some other schools which ...
Page 157
... entered the door about ten minutes previous to the transaction . Mr. V. was looking out of the window , and saw the dreadful deed committed . I saw the blood on the stones not more than five feet from the threshold . In the evening ...
... entered the door about ten minutes previous to the transaction . Mr. V. was looking out of the window , and saw the dreadful deed committed . I saw the blood on the stones not more than five feet from the threshold . In the evening ...
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Page 50 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 330 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Page 432 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 402 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
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Page 404 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 309 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : then' grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 260 - My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 179 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 231 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us ; and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.