Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-war at CeylonHollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1904 - 220 páginas |
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Recollections of a Boer Prisoner-of-War at Ceylon (Classic Reprint) Jan N. Brink Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 169 - Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem , which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Página 169 - At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you : for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.
Página 165 - Seir to meet his brother, he is " left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day ; and when the man saw that he prevailed not against Jacob, he touched the hollow of his thigh, so that 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 Jacob said : I will not let thee go unless thou bless me.
Página 170 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Página 168 - And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.
Página 167 - For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel...
Página 171 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Página 164 - Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee : and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out ; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they had been put to shame.
Página 175 - Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Página 179 - Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers...