The battles of the Bible. By a clergyman's daughter, authoress of 'Chapters on the Shorter catechism'. |
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... asked to be allowed to go to grandfather's , for he had been there before , and liked it so much . Our father agreed that he should go , and said that he thought Johnnie too might go , and per- haps I. But my mother said that would not ...
... asked to be allowed to go to grandfather's , for he had been there before , and liked it so much . Our father agreed that he should go , and said that he thought Johnnie too might go , and per- haps I. But my mother said that would not ...
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... us that when we went to bed that night we must remember that the next day was the Sabbath ; that our first thoughts in the morning might rise in prayer to God , asking him to enable us to THE PATRIARCH AND THE FIVE KINGS . 3.
... us that when we went to bed that night we must remember that the next day was the Sabbath ; that our first thoughts in the morning might rise in prayer to God , asking him to enable us to THE PATRIARCH AND THE FIVE KINGS . 3.
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Eliza Smith (clergyman's daughter.) prayer to God , asking him to enable us to spend it well ; and the first book , he said , that we opened on that day should be the Bible . " The Bible , grandfather , " said George ; " that is a very ...
Eliza Smith (clergyman's daughter.) prayer to God , asking him to enable us to spend it well ; and the first book , he said , that we opened on that day should be the Bible . " The Bible , grandfather , " said George ; " that is a very ...
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... asked . " Nonsense , " said George , " that was not a battle ; it was David and the Philistines who fought the first . " " No , " said grandfather , " we are told of more than one battle long before David was born . " " Surely not long ...
... asked . " Nonsense , " said George , " that was not a battle ; it was David and the Philistines who fought the first . " " No , " said grandfather , " we are told of more than one battle long before David was born . " " Surely not long ...
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... asked . " He not only thought of it , but he tried it , and suc- ceeded . He divided his small army , and attacked them by night . He defeated them , so that they fled before him ; four kings with their armies fled before Abram and his ...
... asked . " He not only thought of it , but he tried it , and suc- ceeded . He divided his small army , and attacked them by night . He defeated them , so that they fled before him ; four kings with their armies fled before Abram and his ...
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Abishai Abner Absalom Achish Ahab Amalekites Amaziah Ammonites Amorites army asked battle Benhadad Benjamin blessing brethren brought called camp Canaan Canaanites chariots children of Ammon children of Israel command David delivered Egypt Elisha enemies Ephraim evil father fear fell fight fled fought gave George Gibeonites Gideon Grandfather hand hath hear heard heart honour hundred inhabitants Israelites Jabesh-Gilead Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehu Jephthah Jericho Jeroboam Jerusalem Joab Johnnie Jonathan Jordan Joshua Keilah killed king of Assyria king of Israel king of Judah knew land lived looked Lord Manasseh marched Marianne Micah Midian Midianites Moab Moabites Moses Philistines prayed prayer priest promised prophet punishment Rehoboam reign reply Samson Saul sent servants shewed Sihon Sisera slain slew Sodom spoke surely Syrians taken teaches tell thee thing thou thought thousand told took tribe of Judah victory wicked wilderness words worship
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Page 297 - And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail ; And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 303 - Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Page 297 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 252 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.
Page 51 - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight...
Page 79 - I will not drive them out from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Page 39 - For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Page 178 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 178 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield ; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 247 - Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man : if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.