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... ETHIOPIA . In the wise counsels of the Almighty , different destinies were assigned to each of the sons of Noah , to be worked out in their descendants . To Shem , the most highly- favoured , was committed the keeping of a pure theo ...
... ETHIOPIA . In the wise counsels of the Almighty , different destinies were assigned to each of the sons of Noah , to be worked out in their descendants . To Shem , the most highly- favoured , was committed the keeping of a pure theo ...
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... Ethiopia , and thus unin- tentionally have embarrassed the subject . The name Ethiopia is generally supposed to be composed of two Greek words , signifying Burnt Face . ' I say generally , because many of your readers may have read the ...
... Ethiopia , and thus unin- tentionally have embarrassed the subject . The name Ethiopia is generally supposed to be composed of two Greek words , signifying Burnt Face . ' I say generally , because many of your readers may have read the ...
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Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. from Ethiopia . - In fact , the name of Ethiopia was given , among the Greeks , to any southern country , whose inhabitants were either black or very dark in complexion . Thus Homer ( Odyss p . 22 , ) speaks of ...
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna. from Ethiopia . - In fact , the name of Ethiopia was given , among the Greeks , to any southern country , whose inhabitants were either black or very dark in complexion . Thus Homer ( Odyss p . 22 , ) speaks of ...
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... Ethiopians . Indeed we find from the valuable Himayarite inscrip- tions so lately discovered near Aden , that the ... Ethiopia . The Isle of Topazes still keeps its name in the Red Sea , and was the frequent resort of the Cushites ...
... Ethiopians . Indeed we find from the valuable Himayarite inscrip- tions so lately discovered near Aden , that the ... Ethiopia . The Isle of Topazes still keeps its name in the Red Sea , and was the frequent resort of the Cushites ...
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... Ethiopia had risen to an impor- tant kingdom , for we learn from Josephus , that Moses , as Pharaoh's general , defeated the Ethiopians , and drove them to Meroë . We know also , that the Ethio- pians worshipped Ammon , that their ...
... Ethiopia had risen to an impor- tant kingdom , for we learn from Josephus , that Moses , as Pharaoh's general , defeated the Ethiopians , and drove them to Meroë . We know also , that the Ethio- pians worshipped Ammon , that their ...
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Page 411 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Page 272 - Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
Page 183 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts : There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Page 357 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Page 195 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 366 - Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Page 416 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 200 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad ; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Page 553 - For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of Hosts, is his name.
Page 295 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.