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BE STILL MY SOUL
Amazing Grace Katharina von Schlegel, 1697–?English Translation-Jane L. Borthwick, 1813–1897 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10) Spiritual revivals throughout history have always been accompanied by an outburst of new song. This was especially true of the 16th…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 4
Maccabees 4 2 Judas gives against Gorgias which lies in wait. 14 He puts Gorgias and his host to flight. 28 Lysias invadeth Judea. 29 But Judas drove him out. 43 Judas purifies the Temple and dedicates the altar. THEN took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and departed out…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 3
1 Maccabees 3 2 Judas is made ruler over the Jews. 11 He kills Apollonious and Seron the princes of Syria. 44 The confidence of Iudas toward God. 35 Iuda determines to fight against Lysias, whom Antiochus had made captain over his house. THEN Iudas his son, called Maccabeus, rose up in his place. And…
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SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY
Amazing Grace John W. Peterson, 1921 – 2006Alfred B. Smith, 1916 – 2001 Answer me, O Lord, out of the goodness of Your love; in Your great mercy turn to me. (Psalm 69:16) Charles Haddon Spurgeon, known as the “Prince of Preachers” of the 19th century, labored for more than 20 years on his unrivaled…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 1
I Maccabees 6 The death of Alexander the King of Macedonia. 11 Antiochus takes the kingdom. 12 Many of the children of Israel make covenant with the Gentiles. 21 Antiochus subdues Egypt and Jerusalem unto his dominion. 50 Anticochus sets up idols. AFTER that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philippe, went forth of the…
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THE HISTORY OF BEL THE DRAGON
Which is the fourteenth chapter of Daniel after the Latin. NOW when King Astyages was laid with his fathers, Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom. And Daniel did eat at the King’s table, and was honored above all his friends. Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every…
