The Letters of Peter Lombard; (Canon Benham) (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...the epithet by which the prophet describes it, "the crown of pride," Is. xxviii., and, again (ver. 4), "the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley." But its very isolation was a source of weakness, and facilitated the severe sieges which it so frequently sustained. When we had ridden away from it for about an hour, and I looked back, the view struck me as the most superbly beautiful I had ever seen in my life. The hill of the city was dwarfed in the midst of the plain; behind it, all across the southern horizon, were the hills of Ephraim. They are hills, not mountains in the Swiss tourist's sense. From their top down to the swelling plains beneath, far as the eye could reach, all was fertility, the rich colours of the profuse vegetation blending into the loveliest harmony. The foreground was a mass of wild flowers. On our right the heights were not so lofty, and one could quite imagine the plain of Sharon on the other side of them. I seemed to share in the exultation which was kindled in the souls of psalmists and prophets as they gazed upon fruitful Ephraim and poured forth their ecstasy in song. And when I further bethought me how the oppressor now treads the beautiful land down, I yet rejoiced in remembering the last words of Amos, the shepherd prophet, who so unsparingly denounced the very spot on which I was gazing, but yet was sure that, after all, victory and joy would triumph over judgment. How it shall be brought to pass that the plougher shall overtake the reaper, and these mountains overflow with wine, I do not know. But I am sure that any man gazing on this scene with faithful and reverent eyes will rejoice in the prophet's words, and pray for their fulfilment. The present fertility remains a pledge of it. Dot...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...the epithet by which the prophet describes it, "the crown of pride," Is. xxviii., and, again (ver. 4), "the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley." But its very isolation was a source of weakness, and facilitated the severe sieges which it so frequently sustained. When we had ridden away from it for about an hour, and I looked back, the view struck me as the most superbly beautiful I had ever seen in my life. The hill of the city was dwarfed in the midst of the plain; behind it, all across the southern horizon, were the hills of Ephraim. They are hills, not mountains in the Swiss tourist's sense. From their top down to the swelling plains beneath, far as the eye could reach, all was fertility, the rich colours of the profuse vegetation blending into the loveliest harmony. The foreground was a mass of wild flowers. On our right the heights were not so lofty, and one could quite imagine the plain of Sharon on the other side of them. I seemed to share in the exultation which was kindled in the souls of psalmists and prophets as they gazed upon fruitful Ephraim and poured forth their ecstasy in song. And when I further bethought me how the oppressor now treads the beautiful land down, I yet rejoiced in remembering the last words of Amos, the shepherd prophet, who so unsparingly denounced the very spot on which I was gazing, but yet was sure that, after all, victory and joy would triumph over judgment. How it shall be brought to pass that the plougher shall overtake the reaper, and these mountains overflow with wine, I do not know. But I am sure that any man gazing on this scene with faithful and reverent eyes will rejoice in the prophet's words, and pray for their fulfilment. The present fertility remains a pledge of it. Dot...

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May 2012

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May 2012

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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62

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978-1-232-38593-6

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9781232385936

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1-232-38593-X



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