The Works of Henry Van Dyke, Volume 4C. Scribner's Sons, 1920 |
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Page 106 - Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
Page 162 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 161 - And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
Page 161 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Page 91 - The infant Church ! of love she felt the tide Stream on her from her Lord's yet recent grave. And then she smiled ; and in the Catacombs, With eye suffused but heart inspired true, On those walls subterranean, where she hid Her head 'mid -ignominy, death, and tombs, She her Good Shepherd's hasty image drew — And on his shoulders, not a lamb, a kid.
Page 187 - The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot : and the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley...
Page 12 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Page 97 - He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, He provideth a kindness for many generations, And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.
Page 168 - But he looked upon the city, every side, Far and wide, All the mountains topped with temples, all the glades...
Page 48 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit.