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DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND
Amazing Grace John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807–1892 In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength. (Isaiah 30:15) So often in our modern lives we attack our problems with frantic and hurried activity, creating unnecessary stress for ourselves. We easily forget that our heavenly Father can assist us in meeting our…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 10
1 Maccabees 10 4 Demetrius desires to have peace with Jonathan. 18 Alexander also desires peace with the Jews. 48 Alexander makes war against Demetrius. 50 Demetrius is slain. 51 The friendship of Ptolemeus and Alexander. IN the hundredth and three score year came Alexander the son of Antiochus Epiphanes, and took Ptolemais, and they…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 8
1 Maccabees 8 1 Judas, considering the power and policy of the Romans, makes peace with them. 22 The condition of mutual friendship sent to the Jews. JUDAS heard also the fame of the Romans, that they were mighty, and valiant, and agreeable to all things that were required of them, and made peace with…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 7
1 Maccabees 7 1 Demetrius reigned, after he had killed Antiochus and Lysias. 5 He troubles the children of Israel through the counsel of certain wicked persons. 37 The prayer of the Priests against Nicanor. 41 Judas kills Nicanor, after he had made his prayer. IN the hundredth and one and fifty year, departed Demetrius…
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 5
Maccabees 5 3 Judas vanquished the heath that go about to destroy Israel, and is holpen of his brethren Simon and Jonathan. 30 He overthrows the city of Ephron, because they denied him passage through it. NOW when the nations round about heard, that the altar was built, and the Sanctuary renewed, as afore, they…
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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…
