The Bible Story Part 54

"I built myself a lordly pleasure house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell; I said, 'O soul, make merry and carouse, Dear soul, for all is well.'"

--_Tennyson, The Palace of Art_.

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Eden. 19 T.J.

"He who is wearied of his village plain May roam the Edens of the world in vain."

--_Holmes, Poetry_.

Egyptian Taskmaster. 137 H.T.

"Not a hard 'taskmaster,' ever on the watch to see that we are always at our brickmaking, but a Deliverer, who can bring us forth out of the 'land of bondage' and lead us through the wilderness of difficulty onward to the Promised Land."

--_T. Campbell Finlayson_.

The Everlasting Hills. 394 S.A.

"Changeless march the stars above, Changeless morn succeeds to even; And the everlasting hills Changeless watch the changeless heaven."

--_Kingsley, Saint's Tragedy_.

Faith and Works. 428 S.A.

"Wi' sappy unction, has he burkes The hopes O' men that trust in works."

--_Stevenson, A Lowden Sabbath Morn_.

The Fall of Jericho. 287 H.T.

"Toppling down the walls of his own Jericho."

--_Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia_.

Fallen among Thieves. 88 L.J.

"Certain only that he has been, and is, a Pilgrim and Traveler from a far Country; more or less footsore and travel-soiled; has parted with road companions; fallen among thieves," etc.

--_Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book I, Chapter II_.

Fed by Ravens. 114 T.J.

"One was the Tishbite Whom the ravens fed."

--_Tennyson, The Palace of Art_.

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Feet of Clay. 188 T.J.

"And judge all nature from her feet of clay."

--_Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien_.

Fight the Good Fight. 503 H.T.

"Well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted mult.i.tudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms."

--_Milton, Paradise Lost_.

The Finger of G.o.d. 158 H. T.

"She went first to the best adviser, G.o.d-- Whose finger unmistakably was felt In all this retribution of the past."

--_Browning, The Ring and the Book_.

The Firmament Showeth His Handiwork. 30 S.A.

"The s.p.a.cious firmament on high With all the blue ethereal sky And spangled heavens, a s.h.i.+ning frame, Their Great Original proclaim."

--_Joseph Addison_.

Gethsemane. 264 L.J.

"I am in the garden of Gethsemane now and my cup of bitterness is full and overflowing."

--_Abraham Lincoln, Conversation with Judge Gillespie_.

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan. 178 L.J.

"Get thee behind me, Satan. Oft unfurled, Thy perilous wings can beat and break like lath Much mightiness of men to win thee praise."

--_Rossetti, The House of Life_.

Gideon's Fleece. 324 H.T.

"His storms came near, but never touched us; contrary to Gideon's miracle, while all around were drenched, our fleece was dry."

--_Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia_.

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G.o.d Save the King. 358 H.T.

"When, crowned with joy, the camps of England ring, A thousand voices shout, 'G.o.d save the King.'"

--_Holmes, Poetry_.

The Golden Bowl. 246 S.A.

"Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!

Let the bell toll!--A saintly soul floats on the Stygian river."

--_Poe, Lenore_.

A Good Name Rather than Riches. 503 G.B.

"Who steals my purse, steals trash, But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed."

--_Shakespeare, Oth.e.l.lo 3:3_.

Good Samaritan, Priest, and Levite. 88 L.J.

"Grim-hearted world, that look'st with Levite eyes On those poor fallen by too much faith in man."

--_Lowell, A Legend of Brittany_.