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... birds ; from their actions they seemed in great distress . He soon discovered a nest from which the heads of some little birds were to be seen , with mouths open to receive their food . A snake was winding its way slowly towards this ...
... birds ; from their actions they seemed in great distress . He soon discovered a nest from which the heads of some little birds were to be seen , with mouths open to receive their food . A snake was winding its way slowly towards this ...
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... Bird . - The other day I watched a little bird who had alighted on a branch almost too frail to bear his weight . The branch was swaying to and fro , but the little songster did not cease his song . He knew he had wings ! Christian ...
... Bird . - The other day I watched a little bird who had alighted on a branch almost too frail to bear his weight . The branch was swaying to and fro , but the little songster did not cease his song . He knew he had wings ! Christian ...
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THE LÄMMER - GEIER , OR OSSIFRAGE OF SCRIPTURE . AMONG the raptorial birds classed by naturalists under the aquiline section are many which have neither the bold bearing nor the ferocity and great powers of the genuine eagles ...
THE LÄMMER - GEIER , OR OSSIFRAGE OF SCRIPTURE . AMONG the raptorial birds classed by naturalists under the aquiline section are many which have neither the bold bearing nor the ferocity and great powers of the genuine eagles ...
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... bird is now identified with the OSSIFRAGE of Scripture ( Heb . Peres ) , classed among unclean animals ( Lev . xi . 13 ; Deut . xiv . 12 ) . The Rev . H . B . Tristram ( “ Bible Natural History " ) says : " The bird here denoted is the ...
... bird is now identified with the OSSIFRAGE of Scripture ( Heb . Peres ) , classed among unclean animals ( Lev . xi . 13 ; Deut . xiv . 12 ) . The Rev . H . B . Tristram ( “ Bible Natural History " ) says : " The bird here denoted is the ...
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prompt as we were in endeavouring to be first at the spot , the birds swooped down like lightning and seized their ... bird , with its black beard , tawny under plumage , blood - red eyes , and finely pencilled upper plumage . Its flight ...
prompt as we were in endeavouring to be first at the spot , the birds swooped down like lightning and seized their ... bird , with its black beard , tawny under plumage , blood - red eyes , and finely pencilled upper plumage . Its flight ...
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Page 27 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 89 - AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Page 28 - So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 20 - That day of wrath, .that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day ? When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll ; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead ! Oh ! on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be THOU the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away ! HUSH'D is the harp — the Minstrel...
Page 180 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown : No traveller ever reached that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briars in his road.
Page 166 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
Page 165 - Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Page 147 - And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Page 190 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 125 - Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.