Esther: A Scripture NarrativeD. Appleton & Company, 1835 - 77 sidor |
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... story of that lovely pious queen whose name it bears . From its brevity , its modern dress , and school - book form , it was thought that it might awaken in some youthful readers a desire to search and ponder the in- spired narrative of ...
... story of that lovely pious queen whose name it bears . From its brevity , its modern dress , and school - book form , it was thought that it might awaken in some youthful readers a desire to search and ponder the in- spired narrative of ...
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... story , however , affords delight- ful proof that God never forgets his people , and is a beautiful illustration of his ever - watchful providence . The name of God is nowhere to be found in this book , and yet the hand of God is as ...
... story , however , affords delight- ful proof that God never forgets his people , and is a beautiful illustration of his ever - watchful providence . The name of God is nowhere to be found in this book , and yet the hand of God is as ...
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A Scripture Narrative. the story is Shushan , a city of Persia , where was the royal palace ; and here , probably , Esther was born . Her fa- ther and mother dying when she was young , her cousin Mordecai took her for his own daughter ...
A Scripture Narrative. the story is Shushan , a city of Persia , where was the royal palace ; and here , probably , Esther was born . Her fa- ther and mother dying when she was young , her cousin Mordecai took her for his own daughter ...
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A Scripture Narrative. if , as we judge from other parts of the story , he possessed some of the milder traits of character , and had some re- gard to justice , how must the remem- brance of the virtues of the queen have aggravated his ...
A Scripture Narrative. if , as we judge from other parts of the story , he possessed some of the milder traits of character , and had some re- gard to justice , how must the remem- brance of the virtues of the queen have aggravated his ...
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... story , can fail to admire the lovely character of Es- ther ? It charms us the more , because the sacred writer seems to be at no pains to set forth any of her virtues . But where do we ever discover such a union of youth with wisdom ...
... story , can fail to admire the lovely character of Es- ther ? It charms us the more , because the sacred writer seems to be at no pains to set forth any of her virtues . But where do we ever discover such a union of youth with wisdom ...
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Agagite Amalekite anger APPLETON ARD WOODS banquet of wine beauty called cham Christian city Shushan cloth court crown decai decree delighteth to honor discovered by Mordecai ear of Esther edict empire enemies found favor friends gallows golden sceptre granted thee Hatach hath heart heathen Introductory Essay Jehovah Jerusalem Jewess Jews in Shushan king Ahasuerus king and Haman king delighteth king unto king's chamberlains king's commandment king's gate king's house king's palace king's provinces king's servants kingdom laws letters Lord lovely manded Medes and Persians MISCELLANEOUS BOOKSTORE MISS H. F. GOULD month Adar o'er Old Testament presence princes probably queen Esther queen Vashti royal apparel sackcloth sacred writer Scripture sent sight sold for bondmen suerus THEOLOGICAL ther thou hast tion to-morrow twelfth month uncalled unto the banquet unto the king W. B. SPRAGUE wisdom wise women written young Zeresh his wife
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Sida 50 - Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate : let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Sida 49 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head...
Sida 35 - Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place ; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed : and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Sida 39 - Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
Sida 48 - What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour ? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself ? And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour...
Sida 22 - And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins ; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Sida 58 - Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes...
Sida 62 - And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day.
Sida 60 - Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus...
Sida 54 - For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so ? And Esther said.