Scenes from Christian HistoryCrosby, Nichols, and Company, 1854 - 288 pages |
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... known as the oldest city in the world . Then he had travelled in Arabia , in Syria , and the eastern islands of the Mediterranean . He had passed ― - through Asia Minor , where he lived two years in Ephesus , the most gorgeous and rich ...
... known as the oldest city in the world . Then he had travelled in Arabia , in Syria , and the eastern islands of the Mediterranean . He had passed ― - through Asia Minor , where he lived two years in Ephesus , the most gorgeous and rich ...
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... known . So little can we of the future of boy of seventeen ! He meant well , so far as we can see . But Seneca , his tutor , did not dare , and his mother did not care , to restrict one of his appetites or passions , unless it crossed ...
... known . So little can we of the future of boy of seventeen ! He meant well , so far as we can see . But Seneca , his tutor , did not dare , and his mother did not care , to restrict one of his appetites or passions , unless it crossed ...
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... known as the Bay of Naples . As he entered the busy seaport , he could see close by , on the shore of that bay , the palaces of the Roman Senators and other noblemen who lived at the beautiful watering - place of Baiæ . There was the ...
... known as the Bay of Naples . As he entered the busy seaport , he could see close by , on the shore of that bay , the palaces of the Roman Senators and other noblemen who lived at the beautiful watering - place of Baiæ . There was the ...
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... known as the primitive persecu tions . The Christians were dragged before magistrates , as Jesus had prophesied they would be , and called upon . to renounce their faith . In most instances they stood firm . They suffered death , and ...
... known as the primitive persecu tions . The Christians were dragged before magistrates , as Jesus had prophesied they would be , and called upon . to renounce their faith . In most instances they stood firm . They suffered death , and ...
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... known to be of the tribe of King David , from which old Jewish tradition said the King of the Jews would come . " For many days , tried by the most severe tortures , he constantly pre- served his faith in Christ , so that the magistrate ...
... known to be of the tribe of King David , from which old Jewish tradition said the King of the Jews would come . " For many days , tried by the most severe tortures , he constantly pre- served his faith in Christ , so that the magistrate ...
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Page 226 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 102 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 206 - And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; And the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, And they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Page 102 - Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh™ in concupiscence.
Page 11 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 167 - One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed; it was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters, an inscription of the following purport:—" Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.
Page 218 - Below him extended a vast chaos of rock and forest, and green savannahs and wandering streams, while at a distance the waters of the promised ocean glittered in the morning sun. At this glorious prospect Vasco Nunez sank upon his knees, and poured out thanks to God for being the first European to whom it was given to make that great discovery. He then called his people to ascend : " Behold, my friends," said he, " that glorious sight which we have so much desired.
Page 166 - His garment was of the simplest form imaginable, being a close jacket with sleeves, composed of the tanned skin of some animal...
Page 34 - Christ, as to a divinity, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to •deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble, to eat in common a harmless meal.
Page 24 - By that event the sect, of which he was the founder, received a blow, which for a time checked the growth of a dangerous superstition ; but it revived soon after, and spread with recruited vigor, not only in Judea, the soil that gave it birth, but even in the city of Rome...