The ParablesLindsay & Blakiston, 1857 - 372 páginas |
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Abel Adoniah Æsop Alcibiades Amazia angel angel of death answered Apollodorus art thou asked Attalus Baruch beautiful Behold bird blessed bloom Brahma Brahmin Cain called cheerful cherub child countenance countryman cried Critias dark dear death disciples divine Dost thou dream earth Eglon Eliab Elimah Eloah exclaimed eyes father fell field flowers fruit garden ground hand harp hath Hazael heard heaven heavenly Hillel Israel Jehovah king lamb Lamech land lifted light looked Lord Malchi master Matathias Mizraim morning mother mountains mourned Nathan night nightingale peace plant Plato praised priest prophet refresh replied rich rose saying Shulamith silent smiled Socrates Solomon song sorrow soul spirit spring stood sweet tears Tekoa thee thing thou art thou hast thy heart took tree tulip-tree unto valley voice walked wandered weeping wept wife wisdom wise words wroth youth Zadok
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Página 275 - He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power : His understanding is infinite.
Página 40 - Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
Página 27 - JOHN AND PETER. JOHN and Peter were once talking of former times when the Lord was yet with them, and they began also to speak of the day when the Lord was anointed at Bethany. Then Peter said: "Dost thou remember, how seriously He looked at Judas, when he said : Why has not this ointment been sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor ? —And at us He looked kindly, though we approved of the saying of Judas.
Página 336 - He took him to a hut where was nothing but misery and wretchedness. The father lay on a bed of sickness, the mother wept, the children were destitute of clothing, and crying for bread.
Página 187 - When the enemy passed through our village, the soldiers carried off by force my dear father and our horse. When my father did not come back, my mother and all of us wept and mourned bitterly, and she sent me to the town to inquire for my father. I went; but late at night I came back sorrowfully, for I had not found my father. It was a dark night in autumn. The wind roared and howled in the oaks and firs, and between the rocks; the night-ravens and owls were shrieking and hooting. And I thought in...
Página 50 - you have not done very wisely; but at all events like a child. You have still time enough in life to become prudent." Then the second son began : " I picked up the stone which my little brother threw away, and opened it. There was a kernel inside, as sweet as an almond ; but I sold my own peach, and received so much money for it, that I may buy a dozen when I go to town.
Página 336 - Then the rich youth assisted them bountifully, and provided for the sick man's wants. And the poor people blessed him, and called him an angel of God. Hermas smiled, and said : " Thus turn always thy grateful countenance first to heaven, and then to earth.
Página 175 - IN the holy land lived a man called Eliab, whom God had blessed with earthly goods ; he was also cunning in all the wisdom of the East. But all this could not bring peace to his heart; therefore he...
Página 188 - It was late when we returned ; but it was in spring ; the sky was bright and clear, and all was so calm, that we could hear the gentle murmur of the rivulet by the way, and on all sides the nightingales were singing. I was walking hand in hand with my sister ; but we were so delighted that we hardly liked to speak. Then our good father came to meet us. Now I thought again by myself, — such must be the state of the man who has done much good.
Página 187 - Speak in your own words," answered the master. And the boy began : " I compare the calmness of a good conscience, and the disquietude of an evil one, to two ways on which I walked once. When the enemy passed through our village, the soldiers carried off by force my dear father and our horse. When my father did not come back, my mother and all of us wept and mourned bitterly, and she sent me to the town tc inquire for my father.