Literary Characteristics and Achievements of the BiblePoe & Hitchcock, 1863 - 368 páginas |
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... admiration of the Bible as a book , which is as divinely beautiful as it is divinely true . Notwithstanding my misgivings whether I have been at all able to do justice to so important a sub- ject , I am fain to persuade myself that till ...
... admiration of the Bible as a book , which is as divinely beautiful as it is divinely true . Notwithstanding my misgivings whether I have been at all able to do justice to so important a sub- ject , I am fain to persuade myself that till ...
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... praise , its work is every way fitted to increase the sentiments of a devout admiration . For , when the critic brings his own conceptions of the beautiful within the pre- cincts THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE LITERATURE . 15.
... praise , its work is every way fitted to increase the sentiments of a devout admiration . For , when the critic brings his own conceptions of the beautiful within the pre- cincts THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE LITERATURE . 15.
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... admiration of this Divine book shall not be greatly increased . The progress of criticism has enabled him to reduce our notions of the beautiful and the sublime to certain rules ; but here is a most ancient book , great part of which ...
... admiration of this Divine book shall not be greatly increased . The progress of criticism has enabled him to reduce our notions of the beautiful and the sublime to certain rules ; but here is a most ancient book , great part of which ...
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... got to read the Book of God , who shall say that the result might not be that its higher beauties would break in upon them ? that , admiring its literature none the less , they might be THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE LITERATURE . 31 .
... got to read the Book of God , who shall say that the result might not be that its higher beauties would break in upon them ? that , admiring its literature none the less , they might be THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE LITERATURE . 31 .
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W. Trail. admiring its literature none the less , they might be awakened to an admiration of its divine excellences . We know that some who approached the Bible with hostile intentions have been disarmed of their hos- tility by a simple ...
W. Trail. admiring its literature none the less , they might be awakened to an admiration of its divine excellences . We know that some who approached the Bible with hostile intentions have been disarmed of their hos- tility by a simple ...
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Página 137 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Página 69 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Página 93 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Página 68 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
Página 80 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Página 79 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Página 75 - Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, and caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, thou knowest.
Página 84 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps ; Fire and hail ; snow and vapor ; stormy wind fulfilling His word ; Mountains and all hills ; fruitful trees and all cedars ; Beasts and all cattle ; creeping things and flying fowl ; HARVEST SERVICE OR THANKSGIVING.
Página 115 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 122 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.