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Page 193 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 19 - L'Estrange's pages have not the least flavour of the guide-book ; they are pleasant and interesting chapters of local history, relieved by cfear...
Page 132 - And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Page 40 - Shine for us with thy best rays, thou bright Dawn, thou who lengthenest our life, thou the love of all, who givest us food, who givest us wealth in cows, horses and chariots.
Page 17 - Related by Himself, and chronicled by JOSEPH HATTON. Illustrated by ALFRED BRYAN and WH MARGETSON.
Page 58 - When he was reviled, he reviled not again. When he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.
Page 38 - If I may but touch the hem of his garment, I shall be whole.
Page 133 - And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Page 261 - THIS is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Christian Profiles in a Pagan Mirror |
| Author | Joseph Parker |
| Publisher | Hurst and Blackett, 1898 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jan 3, 2008 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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