The battles of the Bible. By a clergyman's daughter, authoress of 'Chapters on the Shorter catechism'. |
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Page 39
... hearts did melt , neither did there remain any more courage in any man , because of you ; for the Lord your God , he is God in Heaven above , and in the earth beneath . 66 George . How did Rahab know that , when she lived among heathens ...
... hearts did melt , neither did there remain any more courage in any man , because of you ; for the Lord your God , he is God in Heaven above , and in the earth beneath . 66 George . How did Rahab know that , when she lived among heathens ...
Page 40
... heart . Therefore she shewed kindness to his servants , and asked them in return to shew kindness to her , by saving her alive along with her father and mother , her brothers and sisters . Johnnie . But surely they were not thinking of ...
... heart . Therefore she shewed kindness to his servants , and asked them in return to shew kindness to her , by saving her alive along with her father and mother , her brothers and sisters . Johnnie . But surely they were not thinking of ...
Page 49
... them ; put them to flight , and pur- sued them . This defeat depressed the people so much that we are told their hearts melted , and became as water . E George . They ought to have picked out braver men CONQUEST . 49 CONQUEST.
... them ; put them to flight , and pur- sued them . This defeat depressed the people so much that we are told their hearts melted , and became as water . E George . They ought to have picked out braver men CONQUEST . 49 CONQUEST.
Page 52
... pleasure . Satan is ever on the watch to tempt us , and our carnal hearts are too prone to yield . Let us pray that we may be cleansed from secret faults . Johnnie . Was anything done to Achan for stealing ? 52 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE .
... pleasure . Satan is ever on the watch to tempt us , and our carnal hearts are too prone to yield . Let us pray that we may be cleansed from secret faults . Johnnie . Was anything done to Achan for stealing ? 52 BATTLES OF THE BIBLE .
Page 53
... heart ; it brings trouble and disgrace there . It becomes us , like the Israelites , to search for the evil thing , to root it out and utterly destroy it . Marianne . Grandfather , does it not seem cruel to kill Achan's sons and ...
... heart ; it brings trouble and disgrace there . It becomes us , like the Israelites , to search for the evil thing , to root it out and utterly destroy it . Marianne . Grandfather , does it not seem cruel to kill Achan's sons and ...
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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
Popular passages
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.