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Sacred Streams, the Ancient and Modern History of the Rivers of the Bible. (illustr. Sunday Vol.).
Sacred Streams the Ancient and Modern History of the Rivers of the Bible - illustr. Sunday Vol. Author:Philip Henry Gosse General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: PREFACE. The want of works suitable for reading on the Lord's day has been often felt. Parents, teachers, and others who have the care of youth, who feel the responsibility of training up their charge in the knowledge and fear of the Lord, are often at a loss how to direct the employment of time on this sacred day. There are many hours not occupied in attendance on the public means of grace, which they feel ought not to be spent in secular occupations, or mere amusement. A book which shall convey divine truths in a manner calculated to win the attention, engage the interest, and allure the reader on from page to page with unabated pleasure, cannot but be valuable. We can hardly expect that our children and domestics, who have never yet become experimentally acquainted with Divine grace, should be able to relish works of a doctrinal or devotional character, which afford food and minister refreshment to a spiritual person. And yet it would be culpable negligence to permit them to follow their own inclinations, without an effort to instruct their minds and win their hearts to God. The Author of the present volume proposed to himself the production of a work which should embrace many subjects of varied interest, treated in a lively and attractive manner, yet not out of keeping with the sacred engagements and associations of the Lord's day, to meet this want. The Rivers and Streams of Palestine and the neighbouring lands, hallowed by their mention in the book of God, and the narratives of high interest connected with these scenes in Holy Writ, are the immediate subjects of the work; while it has been the ...« less