The Literary Attractions of the Bible, Or, A Plea for the Word of God, Considered as a ClassicC. Scribner, 1858 - 441 pages |
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... OF THE BIBLE ; OR A PLEA FOR THE WORD OF GOD , CONSIDERED 1 AS A CLASSIC . BY LE ROY J. HALSEY , D.D. Thy testimonies are wonderful , J PSALMISE . NEW YORK : CHARLES SCRIBNER . Virginiana BS 535 .H3 239221 ENTERED according to Act of 1858 .
... OF THE BIBLE ; OR A PLEA FOR THE WORD OF GOD , CONSIDERED 1 AS A CLASSIC . BY LE ROY J. HALSEY , D.D. Thy testimonies are wonderful , J PSALMISE . NEW YORK : CHARLES SCRIBNER . Virginiana BS 535 .H3 239221 ENTERED according to Act of 1858 .
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... wonderful adornments of this hill of the Lord , the gold , the silver , the marble and the precious stones , with that kind of enthusiasm which the traveller feels upon the Athenian Acropolis , or the Roman Capitoline . The Bible is our ...
... wonderful adornments of this hill of the Lord , the gold , the silver , the marble and the precious stones , with that kind of enthusiasm which the traveller feels upon the Athenian Acropolis , or the Roman Capitoline . The Bible is our ...
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... wonderful of all the classics . We do not discard Homer and Virgil from the classics because they contain a reli- gion , even an absurd , fabulous religion ; why , then , should we underrate , or disparage the classical claims of the ...
... wonderful of all the classics . We do not discard Homer and Virgil from the classics because they contain a reli- gion , even an absurd , fabulous religion ; why , then , should we underrate , or disparage the classical claims of the ...
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... wonderful characters in history— characters that lived a thousand years - characters , " without beginning of days or end of years . " Now , let any child read this book in the nursery and in the school , and then read it on through ...
... wonderful characters in history— characters that lived a thousand years - characters , " without beginning of days or end of years . " Now , let any child read this book in the nursery and in the school , and then read it on through ...
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... wonderful and perfect work of taste and genius which has ever appeared amongst men ? Call it what you will , a Divine revelation , or a human production — an inspiration from God , or an inspira- tion of genius ; still it must be ...
... wonderful and perfect work of taste and genius which has ever appeared amongst men ? Call it what you will , a Divine revelation , or a human production — an inspiration from God , or an inspira- tion of genius ; still it must be ...
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