Literary Characteristics and Achievements of the BiblePoe & Hitchcock, 1863 - 368 страница |
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... to the task shall undertake it , the present volume may , in some small degree , sup- ply what I have long felt to be a desideratum in sacred literature . CONTENTS . PART FIRST . LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BIBLE 6 PREFACE .
... to the task shall undertake it , the present volume may , in some small degree , sup- ply what I have long felt to be a desideratum in sacred literature . CONTENTS . PART FIRST . LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BIBLE 6 PREFACE .
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... Sacred Volume spoken of as a literary production , as seems to us , is calculated to do it the great injustice of prejudicing against it such as are of literary tastes and culture ; and it may , besides , be shown to proceed from more ...
... Sacred Volume spoken of as a literary production , as seems to us , is calculated to do it the great injustice of prejudicing against it such as are of literary tastes and culture ; and it may , besides , be shown to proceed from more ...
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... sacred oracle gives full expression to these conceptions and might be said to be the parent voice of which they are the feeble though articulate echo , it is impossible that his admiration of this Divine book shall not be greatly ...
... sacred oracle gives full expression to these conceptions and might be said to be the parent voice of which they are the feeble though articulate echo , it is impossible that his admiration of this Divine book shall not be greatly ...
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... sacred literature by a weak pietism which will not itself , nor let others , enter the temple of sacred truth by the gate which is called " beau- tiful . " Nor does it content us merely to defend , for we must go further , and enforce ...
... sacred literature by a weak pietism which will not itself , nor let others , enter the temple of sacred truth by the gate which is called " beau- tiful . " Nor does it content us merely to defend , for we must go further , and enforce ...
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... sacred science ? We will own that it also has its rough and rugged paths , where , with little of external beauty to woo the patient searcher , its truths must be explored . But if it has likewise its fair and lovely places , which a ...
... sacred science ? We will own that it also has its rough and rugged paths , where , with little of external beauty to woo the patient searcher , its truths must be explored . But if it has likewise its fair and lovely places , which a ...
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Страница 137 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Страница 69 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Страница 93 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Страница 68 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
Страница 80 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Страница 79 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Страница 75 - Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, thou knowest.
Страница 84 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps ; Fire and hail ; snow and vapor ; stormy wind fulfilling His word ; Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all cedars ; Beasts and all cattle ; creeping things and flying fowl ; HARVEST SERVICE OR THANKSGIVING.
Страница 115 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Страница 122 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.