Category: books
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle Chapter 9: The Monkey’s Council
Chapter 9: The Monkey’s Council Chee-Chee stood outside the Doctor’s door, keeping everybody away till he woke up. Then John Dolittle told the monkeys that he must now go back to Puddleby. They were very surprised at this; for they had thought that he was going to stay with them forever. And that night all…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The Crab)
Chapter III. The Sign CANCER (The Crab) Messiah’s Redeemed Possessions held fast. With regard to the sign of Cancer, one thing is certain, that we have not got the original picture, or anything like it. It does not agree with the names either of its three constellations which have come down to us, or of its…
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Presidents’ Day Explained: History and Observance
Washington’s Birthday or Presidents’ Day? It all began with Washington’s Birthday. In 1885, the U.S. government chose to honor the first president, George Washington, by creating a federal holiday in his name. The celebration took place on his actual birthday, February 22, which in 1885 happened to fall on a Sunday. Nearly a century later,…
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The Children’s Six Minutes: The Most Beautiful Thing in the World
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD The most beautiful thing in the world! Now what is it? If you will lift your eyes just a little you will see the flowers on the table, but lift them higher than the flowers, higher than this pulpit, higher than the pipes of the organ, above the…
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Witness of the Stars: CANIS MAJOR (The Dog), or SIRIUS (The Prince) & CANIS MINOR (The Second Dog)
This second constellation carries on the teaching, and tells of the glorious Prince who will thus subdue and reign. In the Denderah Zodiac he is called Apes, which means the head. He is pictured as a hawk (Naz, נַץ, caused to come forth, coming swiftly down). The hawk is the natural enemy of the serpent,…
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The Witness of the Stars: LEPUS (the Hare), THE ENEMY
1. LEPUS (the Hare), THE ENEMY The Enemy Trodden under Foot. The names of the three constellations of this Sign, as well as the pictures, are all more or less modern, as is manifest from the names being in Latin, and having no relation to the ancient names of their stars. To learn their real meaning,…
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Witness of the Stars: Chapter II. The Sign GEMINI (The Twins)
Chapter II. The Sign GEMINI (The Twins) Messiah’s Reign as Prince of Peace. All the pictures of this sign are confused. The Greeks claimed to have invented them, and they called them Apollo and Hercules. They are given in our illustration. The Latins called the Castor and Pollux; and the name of a vessel in…
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The Witness of the Stars: AURIGA (The Shepherd)
3. AURIGA (The Shepherd) Safety for the Redeemed in the Day of Wrath. Here is presented to us the answer to the question (from the last section), “Who may abide the day of His coming?” “Behold, the Lord God (Adonai Jehovah) will come as a mighty one, And His arm shall rule for Him: Behold, His reward is…
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The seedling By Paul Laurence Dunbar
By Paul Laurence Dunbar 1. As a quiet little seedlingLay within its darksome bed,To itself it fell a-talking,And this is what it said: 2. “I am not so very robust,But I’ll do the best I can;”And the seedling from that momentIts work of life began. 3. So it pushed a little leafletUp into the light…
