Flowers from the Holy Land; an account of the chief plants named in Scripture1851 |
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... observe how they grow , not by toiling , nor by spinning , but by the almighty power of Him Who first called them into existence , and caused them to bear seed after their kind , that they might clothe the earth with beauty and ...
... observe how they grow , not by toiling , nor by spinning , but by the almighty power of Him Who first called them into existence , and caused them to bear seed after their kind , that they might clothe the earth with beauty and ...
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... observe the word is translated hazel , but the most eminent interpreters determine that it should be the Almond - tree . The corresponding word used by the Arabs denotes the same , and Rabbinical writers of the greatest learning say ...
... observe the word is translated hazel , but the most eminent interpreters determine that it should be the Almond - tree . The corresponding word used by the Arabs denotes the same , and Rabbinical writers of the greatest learning say ...
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... observation will convince us that it is not so used now ; and we may judge that it was by other nations very often intended to mean most , " or " the greater number . " In two places where the Mustard is mentioned , Matt . xiii . 31 ...
... observation will convince us that it is not so used now ; and we may judge that it was by other nations very often intended to mean most , " or " the greater number . " In two places where the Mustard is mentioned , Matt . xiii . 31 ...
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... observation . " He attracted around him a very small number indeed of really devoted friends , and these , notwithstanding the miracles which He wrought , and the blessings which He communicated to many , un- derstood not the nature of ...
... observation . " He attracted around him a very small number indeed of really devoted friends , and these , notwithstanding the miracles which He wrought , and the blessings which He communicated to many , un- derstood not the nature of ...
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... observe that the same law operated among the Jews . When Moses had received instructions for the erection of the tabernacle in the wilderness ( circa B.C. 1491 ) , he called upon the people to contribute towards the work . " Whosoever ...
... observe that the same law operated among the Jews . When Moses had received instructions for the erection of the tabernacle in the wilderness ( circa B.C. 1491 ) , he called upon the people to contribute towards the work . " Whosoever ...
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Aaron's rod abundance appear Arabs bears beautiful become bitter blessed bloom blossom branches bread brought called clothe colour common corn cultivated described early Egypt feet field fire flax flowers follow fruit gardens gather give given grain green ground grow hand heart height Holy Israelites Ital Italy Jews kinds king known land leaves Lentils light Lily look LORD manna means mentioned nature observed pale Palestine pass perfume plant Pomegranate prepared present probably produce prophet quantity reed reference regard rendered rich river root Rose Russ says Scarlet Scrip Scriptures seeds seems shrub soul speaks species spirit spring stem substance supposed sweet tares thee things thou translated tree unto various whence wild wood writes yellow yields
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Page 89 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 135 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 23 - ... when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low, also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail...
Page 150 - 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 10 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 178 - Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart Could have recover'd greenness ? It was gone Quite under ground ; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown ; Where they together, All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
Page 89 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Page 81 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 168 - But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 152 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.