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Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
6. Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? 6.
Way of Peace by Allen, James (1864-1912)
Upon the battlefield of the human soul two masters are ever contending for the crown of supremacy, for the kingship and dominion of the heart; the master of self, called also the "Prince of this world," and the master of Truth, called also the Father God.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job by Watson, Robert Alexander (1845-1921)
Chap. i. 1-5. The land of Uz appears to have been a general name for the great Syro-Arabian desert. It is described vaguely as lying "east of Palestine and north of Edom," or as "corresponding to the Arabia Deserta of classical geography, at all events so much of it as lies north of the 30th parallel of latitude." In Jer.
Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, W. G. (1820-1899)
1 Samuel ii. 11–36. The notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull stretches of sand in a desert; or like the little bits of blue sky that charm your eye when the firmament is darkened by a storm.
Gospel In Brief by Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich (1828-1910)
The satisfaction of the personal will leads to death; the satisfaction of the Father's will gives true life. "THY WILL BE DONE" AND Jesus rejoiced in the power of the spirit and said: I acknowledge the spirit of the Father, the source of everything in heaven and earth, who has revealed what was hidden from the wise and learned to the simple,…
History of the Origins of Christianity. Book I. Life of Jesus. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
CHAPTER VI. JOHN THE BAPTIST—VISIT OF JESUS TO JOHN, AND HIS ABODE IN THE DESERT OF JUDÆA—HE ADOPTS THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. An extraordinary man, whose position, in the absence of documents to describe it, remains to us in some measure enigmatical, appeared about this time, and was unquestionably connected to some extent with Jesus.
Christian Singers of Germany by Winkworth, Catherine (1827-1878)
It opens with the history of Gamuret, the father of Percival, a younger son of the noble house of Anjou, a knight of the adventure-loving order, who can never enjoy life but in stirring action.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
The zeal of the ministers of Julian was instantly checked by the frown of their sovereign; but when the father of his country declares himself the leader of a faction, the license of popular fury cannot easily be restrained, nor consistently punished.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St John Ch. I to XIV by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom by Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903)
Κτύπησε μὲν Ζεὺς χθόνιος, αἱ δὲ παρθένοι ῥίγησαν ὡς ἤκουσαν.—Sophocles, Œd. Col. 1606. Philip had been permitted to accompany his beloved father and master when he was conveyed by the Count of the Palace across the Bosporus; and his heart was full of an anguish too deep for tears.