The Jewish soldier, or, The providence of God exemplified in the life and conversion of H. Goldschmidt

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Pagina 180 - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty : for he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him.
Pagina 124 - British horsemen rode forward, and a sharp contest succeeded, marked with all that animation which attends a cavalry affair. Parties were observed firing or charging in all directions. Repeated attacks were made by either force, as circumstances warranted, or as they became most numerous at the particular points. In one direction was to be seen a troop or squadron charging half their number of opponents, who, by a precipitate retreat, fell back on others, until their strength became superior, when,...
Pagina 169 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead...
Pagina 103 - God, their comforter, aider, helper, maintainer, and defender. This is the Christian faith, which these holy men had, and we also ought to have. And although they were not named Christian men, yet was it a Christian faith that they had ; for they looked for all benefits of God the Father, through the merits of his Son Jesus Christ, as we now do.
Pagina 124 - ... they became most numerous at the particular points. In one direction was to be seen a troop or squadron charging half their number of opponents, who, by a precipitate retreat, fell back on others, until their strength became superior, when, in turn, they for a time carried with them the successful tide of battle. The plain was covered with officers and scattered cavalry soldiers. Carbines and pistols were discharged without intermission; and frequent personal conflicts took place. On one occasion...
Pagina 139 - Judah may be partakers of Christ, but all truly believing gentiles also, to 'whom Christ is given for a light and for a covenant, and to be God's salvation to the ends of the earth ; for God is not only the God of the Jews, but of the gentiles...
Pagina 144 - Righi being to witness the effects of the rising and setting of the sun on the extensive range of mountains, lakes , valleys , and plains in the centre of which it is placed , tourists must take their measures accordingly. Those who lodge at the Culm can reach the highest point in a few moments, where there is a sort of wooden stage , oi' open observatory, and a large cross, distinguishable, with a good telescope, from Zurich.
Pagina 182 - Christ came to his own, but his own received him not But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name : which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Pagina 180 - I cannot doubt the sincerity of our ancestors, as it respects their religious creed, yet surely there was a possibility of their being mistaken. Now suppose I had discovered that they had been really and radically mistaken in their religious views, would it not have been as much my duty to renounce error, and to embrace the truth, as it was the duty of our venerable father Abraham to leave the religion of his parents.

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