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... father of the Hebrew language and litera- ture , as Homer was of the Greek , and Luther of the German . A great company followed the lawgiver of the desert , who wrought with the same simple , direct , transparent speech , and who spoke ...
... father of the Hebrew language and litera- ture , as Homer was of the Greek , and Luther of the German . A great company followed the lawgiver of the desert , who wrought with the same simple , direct , transparent speech , and who spoke ...
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... fathers to lift the Scriptures into this prominence must be fought over again by this generation . The surest path to victory is to read it and cause it to be read more extensively . If read in the manner we suggest , our congregations ...
... fathers to lift the Scriptures into this prominence must be fought over again by this generation . The surest path to victory is to read it and cause it to be read more extensively . If read in the manner we suggest , our congregations ...
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... fathers and flocked in thousands to the cheerless barns of the Lascari , to hear the Bible read . The clergy stood upon their dignity . They scolded the people from their pulpits . The entire respectability of the king- dom frowned 48 ...
... fathers and flocked in thousands to the cheerless barns of the Lascari , to hear the Bible read . The clergy stood upon their dignity . They scolded the people from their pulpits . The entire respectability of the king- dom frowned 48 ...
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... Father , having loved his own which were in the world , he loved them unto the end . And during supper , the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot , Simon's son ,, to betray him , Jesus knowing that the Father had ...
... Father , having loved his own which were in the world , he loved them unto the end . And during supper , the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot , Simon's son ,, to betray him , Jesus knowing that the Father had ...
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... Father had given all things into his hands , and that he was come from God and went to God . " What softened light of holy trust , shedding a calm which was the seal of a Presence so near as to be awe - inspiring , was in the face which ...
... Father had given all things into his hands , and that he was come from God and went to God . " What softened light of holy trust , shedding a calm which was the seal of a Presence so near as to be awe - inspiring , was in the face which ...
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The Public Uses of the Bible: A Study in Biblical Elocution George M. Stone No preview available - 2009 |
Public Uses of the Bible: A Study in Biblical Elocution (Classic Reprint) George M. Stone No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 169 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
Page 26 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 129 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 71 - Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Page 131 - Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being His counsellor hath taught Him ? With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of judgment, and taught Him knowledge, and showed to Him the way of understanding...
Page 126 - Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be...
Page 166 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree -of life, and eat, and live for ever : therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 132 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 66 - And I first played the tune all our sheep know, as, one after one, So docile they come to the pen-door till folding be done. They are white and untorn by the bushes, for lo, they have fed Where the long grasses stifle the water within the stream's bed; And now one after one seeks its lodging, as star follows star Into eve and the blue far above us, — so blue and so far!
Page 68 - Tis the weakness in strength, that I cry for! my flesh, that I seek In the Godhead! I seek and I find it. O Saul, it shall be A Face like my face that receives thee; a Man like to me, Thou shalt love and be loved by, for ever: a Hand like this hand Shall throw open the gates of new life to thee! See the Christ stand!