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THE WISDOM OF SALOMON 1 & 2
Salomon 1 2 How we ought to search and inquire after God. 2 Who be those that find him. 5 The Holy Ghost. 8-11 We ought to flee from backbiting and murmuring. 12 Whereof death comes. 15 Righteousness and unrighteousness. LOVE righteousness, ye that be Judges of the earth: think reverently of the Lord, and…
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ESTHER 13 & 14
Esther 13 1 The copies of the letters of Artaxerxes against the Jews. 8 The prayer of Mardocheus. THE copy of the letters was this, The great King Artaxerxes writes these things to the princes and governors that are under him from India unto Ethiopia in an hundred and seven and twenty provinces. When I…
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DAY BY DAY
Amazing Grace Lina Sandell Berg, 1832–1903Translated by Andrew L. Skoog, 1856–1934 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9) It is a common tendency for people to look ahead. They wonder—what will…
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ESTHER 10-12
Certain portions of the story of Ester, which are fond in some Greek and Latin translations. Esther 10 Which follow the tenth chapter. WHEN Mardocheus said, God hath done these things. For I remember a dream, which I saw concerning these matters, and there was nothing thereof omitted. A little fountain which became a flood,…
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JUDETH 13 & 14
Judeth 13 2 Judeth prays for strength. 8 She smites off Olosernes neck. 10 She returns to Bethulia and rejoices her people. NOW when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Isagoas shut his tent without, and diminished those that were present, from the presence of his lord, and they went…
