Light and Truth: Collected from the Bible and Ancient and Modern History, Containing the Universal History of the Colored and the Indian Race, from the Creation of the World to the Present Timea committee of colored gentlemen, 1844 - 400 pagine |
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Pagina 27
... supposed that the promises of God respecting his seed were to be fulfilled in Ishmael , he nurtured him with much care.— ( Gen. xvii . 18. ) AGAR , or HAGAR . This Agar is Mount Sinai , in Ara- bia , and answereth to Jerusalem which now ...
... supposed that the promises of God respecting his seed were to be fulfilled in Ishmael , he nurtured him with much care.— ( Gen. xvii . 18. ) AGAR , or HAGAR . This Agar is Mount Sinai , in Ara- bia , and answereth to Jerusalem which now ...
Pagina 44
... Riblah , and bound Zedekiah with chains , and carried him to Babylon . — ( Jer . xxxix . 5–7 . ) CALNEH , ( Gen. x . 10 ; Amos vi . 2. ) One of the cities . - of Babylonia , built by Nimrod , and supposed to 44 LIGHT AND TRUTH .
... Riblah , and bound Zedekiah with chains , and carried him to Babylon . — ( Jer . xxxix . 5–7 . ) CALNEH , ( Gen. x . 10 ; Amos vi . 2. ) One of the cities . - of Babylonia , built by Nimrod , and supposed to 44 LIGHT AND TRUTH .
Pagina 45
... supposed there were two places of this name ; and others , that Erech was the same with Edessa , [ now Orfah , ] in north- ern Mesopotamia . HALAH . ( 2 Kings xvii . 6 ; xviii . 11. ) A province of Assyria , supposed by some , to be the ...
... supposed there were two places of this name ; and others , that Erech was the same with Edessa , [ now Orfah , ] in north- ern Mesopotamia . HALAH . ( 2 Kings xvii . 6 ; xviii . 11. ) A province of Assyria , supposed by some , to be the ...
Pagina 47
... supposed by some to be the Araxes , which empties into the Caspian sea . Gihon signifies im- petuous ; and this is the course of the Araxes . In Zeph . iii . 10 , where the prophet speaks of Judah's return from captivity , it refers ...
... supposed by some to be the Araxes , which empties into the Caspian sea . Gihon signifies im- petuous ; and this is the course of the Araxes . In Zeph . iii . 10 , where the prophet speaks of Judah's return from captivity , it refers ...
Pagina 51
... supposed , because the soil which covered it was not of sand , but of clay . He thought it probable that it had been built as an appendage to the great Labyrinth , to assist in initiating the priests into the rites and mysteries of ...
... supposed , because the soil which covered it was not of sand , but of clay . He thought it probable that it had been built as an appendage to the great Labyrinth , to assist in initiating the priests into the rites and mysteries of ...
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Pagina 38 - But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters
Pagina 232 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Pagina 39 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Pagina 253 - Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, And the houses without man, And the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, And there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Pagina 38 - And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, 'Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Pagina 369 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Pagina 230 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye. would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Pagina 12 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Pagina 255 - And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell ; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Pagina 244 - Trust ye not in lying words, saying: — "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord are these.