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Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims by Anonymous (Bible)
Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi. And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying: Behold, David is in the desert of Engaddi.
Holy Bible: Weymouth New Testament by Anonymous (Bible)
Chapter 4 At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert in order to be tempted by the Devil. There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger.
NPNF1-06. St. Augustine: Sermon on the Mount; Harmony of the Gospels; Homilies on the Gospels by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
30. But why do I interrogate men whose native wit has deserted them in answering the question as to who this God is? Some say that He is Saturn. I fancy the reason of that is found in the sanctification of the Sabbath; for those men assign that day to Saturn.
NPNF-211. Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Almost at the same time, when Abraham was now a hundred years old, his son Isaac was born. Then Sara expelled the maid-servant by whom Abraham had had a son; and she is said to have dwelt in the desert along with her son, and defended by the help of God.
NPNF-211. Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
When I was in the desert of Scete, where are the most excellent monastic fathers and where all perfection flourishes,…
NPNF-211. Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
But we have thoroughly discovered both by our own experience and by the testimony of the Elders that the devils have not now the same power as they had formerly during the early days of the anchorites,…
Christian Singers of Germany by Winkworth, Catherine (1827-1878)
PSALM. This psalm was sung at Klopstock's funeral. [Matt 6:9-14] Round their planets roll the moons, Planets round their sun, All the hosts of suns revolve Round one mighty Sun, Thee "Our Father," Thee "who art in heaven!" On all these worlds, light-beaming, light-receiving, Are dwelling souls of diverse powers and forms, But all contemplate God, rejoice in God:…
Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others by Bevan, Frances (1827-1909)
T. P. Heb. vii. 24, 25 Sweet to trace His toiling footsteps Here amidst the desert sands; Bear in memory all His sorrow, Thorn-clad head and pierced hands! Learn His love beside the manger, Learn it on the stormy wave, By the well, and in the garden— Learn it by the Cross and grave.
Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others by Bevan, Frances (1827-1909)
P. G. Deut. viii. 7–10 The land! the glory of all lands, Beyond the Jordan's wave; Beyond the weary desert sands— The land beyond the grave! Now safe witin that glorious land,…
Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others by Bevan, Frances (1827-1909)
G. W. Is. xxxiii. 17 Glorious and solemn hour, Thus at last to stand, All behind us the great desert, All before, the land! Past the shadow of the valley, Past the weary plain;…