Antediluvian Antiquities: Fragments of the Age of MethuselahMunroe and Francis, 1829 - 285 pages |
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... dark days we are blessed with few of the visions of Heaven . Once in a num- ber of years we meet in the solitary places an angel of God , who bringeth us tidings of comfort and hope from above . We should have been without hope in the ...
... dark days we are blessed with few of the visions of Heaven . Once in a num- ber of years we meet in the solitary places an angel of God , who bringeth us tidings of comfort and hope from above . We should have been without hope in the ...
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... dark house of the grave ! We see indeed our children and the children of our children for a number of generations , spreading over the country of the east , and it gives us great joy . But , alas ! Where will they all go in the day of ...
... dark house of the grave ! We see indeed our children and the children of our children for a number of generations , spreading over the country of the east , and it gives us great joy . But , alas ! Where will they all go in the day of ...
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... dark a little spot in the sky of the east , which fled away before the first beam of the morning sun ; but that his life would be one long day of grief , without hope , as if the sun and moon and stars should be stricken out of the ...
... dark a little spot in the sky of the east , which fled away before the first beam of the morning sun ; but that his life would be one long day of grief , without hope , as if the sun and moon and stars should be stricken out of the ...
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... darkness , and confusion , and wo , and war . When thou didst first begin to know thy right hand from thy left , the countries of the east and the south , of the west and the north , were all in a state of peace and happiness . The ...
... darkness , and confusion , and wo , and war . When thou didst first begin to know thy right hand from thy left , the countries of the east and the south , of the west and the north , were all in a state of peace and happiness . The ...
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... dark with clouds and tem- pest . There were great thunders and lightnings . At the setting of the sun , there came a whirlwind and an earthquake which shook the pillars of the world , as the leaves of the cypress trees are shaken when a ...
... dark with clouds and tem- pest . There were great thunders and lightnings . At the setting of the sun , there came a whirlwind and an earthquake which shook the pillars of the world , as the leaves of the cypress trees are shaken when a ...
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Page 186 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 145 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 170 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 121 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 189 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 134 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 182 - What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 251 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 217 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 171 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.