The thistle and the cedar of Lebanon

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Page 204 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 3 - Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Page 12 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Page 197 - And the LORD shall smite Egypt : he shall smite and heal it : and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.
Page 227 - O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger ! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation : I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 210 - Draw not nigh hither, put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Page 8 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Page 69 - The Thistle and Cedar of Lebanon,' p. 71. It is a description of a marriage in a native Christian family at Aleppo. ' On arriving at the residence of the bridegroom we were ushered into a long room, in which guests were seated from the door to the upper part, according to their rank in life, the chief guests being seated at the head of the divan on either side of the master of the house ; others were ranged lower and lower ; the poorest guests were close to the doorway, and one or two so poor that...
Page 9 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

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