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Thine enemies thy footstool. 328 L.J.
To the ant, thou sluggard. 255 S.A.
The Lord will provide. 41 H.T.
Trees choosing a king. 333 H.T.
Unto the half of my kingdom. 154 L.J.
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The unjust steward. 204 L.J.
The upper room. 249 L.J.
Unprofitable servant. 246 L.J.
A very present help in trouble. 68 S.A.
Widow's mite. 243 L.J.
The wings of the wind. 26 S.A.
Wolf shall dwell with the lamb. 303 G.B.
Wiles of the devil. 506 H.T.
The way of all the earth. 451 H. T.
The wings of the morning. 164 S.A.
Without money and without price. 507 T.J.
Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, 502 T.J.
We shall reap, if we faint not. 506 L.J.
We piped unto you, and ye did not dance. 153 L.J.
Where moth and rust doth corrupt. 115 L.J.
Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 379 S.A.
From reading these literary pa.s.sages can you clearly explain the incident or story each Bible phrase suggests?
Aaron's Serpent. 152 H.T.
"And hence one master pa.s.sion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest."
--_Pope, Essay on Man_.
Abraham's Bosom. 206 L.J.
"Sweet peace, conduct his soul to the bosom of good old Abraham."
--_Shakespeare, Richard II 4:1_.
The Alabaster Box. 169 L.J.
"Thou wilt not let her wash thy dainty feet With such salt thing as tears or with rude hair Dry them."
--_Lowell, A Legend of Brittany_.
The Angel's Song. 37 L.J.
"Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace, East, west, north and south let the long quarrel cease: Sing the song of great joy that the angels began, Sing of glory to G.o.d and of good will to man!"
--_Whittier, A Christmas Carmen_.
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The Apple of His Eye. 25 S.A.
"Bestows on her too parsimonious lord, An infant for the apple of his eye."
--_Browning, The Ring and the Book_.
As a Little Child. 188 L.J.
"Once said a Man--and wise was He-- Never shalt thou the heavens see, Save as a little child thou be."
--_Sidney Lanier, The Symphony._
As Ye Sow, so shall Ye Reap. 423 S.A.
"Look before you ere you leap; For as you sow y' are like to reap."
--_Butler, Hudibras_.
Babel. 32 T.J.
"In vain a fresher mould we seek, Can all the varied phrases tell What Babel's wandering children speak, How thrushes sing or lilacs smell?"
--_Holmes, To My Readers_.
Barabbas. 276 L.J.
"Thou hand'st sweet Socrates his hemlock sour; Thou sav'st Barabbas in that hideous hour, And stabb'st the good."
--_Sidney Lanier, Remonstrance_.
The Best till the Last. 78 L.J.
"Perhaps like him of Cana in Holy Writ Our Arthur kept his best until the last."
--_Tennyson, The Holy Grail_.
Betrayed with a Kiss. 267 L.J.
