Identifier: hurlbutslifeofch00hurl (find matches)
Title: Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930
Subjects: Jesus Christ
Publisher: Philadelphia : Winston
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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for forgiveness. Should we not love him for this? Andshould we not wish to hear about him and to know all thetender story of his love? These, then, are some of the reasons why we shouldaU seek to know the story of Jesus: because he is thegreatest and most famous man that ever lived; becausehis story is fuU of interest and full of wonders, and istrue; because he came to show us how kind and lovingGod is, and how willing to have us caU upon him; because14 Utirlbtit^s; g)torp o! f e^uss his life shows us a pattern of what w^e may be and tellsus how we may be like him; because Jesus has made andis still making the world better, and brighter, and happier,w^herever he is known; and best of all, because throughJesus our Saviour our sins may be forgiven and takenaway, and we may be pure and holy as Jesus was uponthe earth. With these thoughts and aims, this Story of Jesushas been written. May it help many, young and old,to know Jesus better, to love him more, and to followhim more closely! 80
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PALESTINE IN THETIME OF CHRIST _ «CAIE OF HILES 34 Lonirltude E«il SO from Crfrnwlrh SS ConiTtohl lull, bv W. ▲. WUJ« 4 Co. 16 CHAPTER 1 FIRST OF ALL, let us take a journey to the landwhere Jesus hved. We will sail in one of the bigocean steamers across the Atlantic, heading ourprow a httle to the south, and in eight days will pauseat the Rock of Gibraltar, which stands on guard at thegate of the Mediterranean Sea. Do you know what ^ Med-iterranean means? It means, ^among the lands; andwhen you look at this sea on the map, you see that it haslands around it on every side, with only a narrow opening atGibraltar, where its blue waters pour into the Atlantic Ocean. We will enter the Mediterranean Sea, and sail itsentire length, past Spain and France and Italy on theleft . We just miss touching the toe of Italy, for youknow Italy rims into the sea hke a great leg with ahigh-heeled boot upon its foot. And just beyond Italywe sail by Greece, which looks somewhat hke a handwith fingers

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