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The Handwriting of God in Egypt, Sinai, and the Holy Land; The Records of a Journey From the Great Valley of the West to the Sacred Places of the East
David Austin Randall
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-02-04.
ISBN 9781150994906
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862. Excerpt: ... TO MY CHURCH, TO WHOSE SYMPATHY, ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRAYERS, I AH DEEPLY INDEBTED: TO MY SUNDAY-SCHOOL, WHOSE KIND REMEMBRANCES D0RING MY JOURNEY, AND WELCOME GREETINGS OB MY RETURN, HAVE BERN LIKE SUNLIGHT UPON MY HEART: TO MY FAMILY, FOB THEIR PROMPT AND CHEERFUL AID IN MY TRAVELS AND LABORS: AND TO MY NUMEROUS FRIBNDS, FOR THRU ACTS OF KINDNESS AND WORDS OF CHEER, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, WITH THE HOPB THAT THEY MAY ALL ENJOY AS MUCH IN THE REAPING, AS THE AUTHOR HAS IN COLLECTING AND PREPARING THE CONTENTS OF IT. INTRODUCTION. The reasons for writing this book have been given in the previous work on Egypt and Sinai. The purpose at first was to publish but one volume, but in the preparation of the work it was found necessary to extend it far beyond the original design. The author was also in hopes to have included in the work the narrative of his tour through Europe, but, as the work progressed, it was found impracticable to do so, as it would either too much extend the size, or crowd out the notice of many interesting things in the Holy Land which it seemed important to mention. In consideration of the size of the work, it has been deemed advisable to divide it into two parts, one on Egypt and Sinai, the other on the Holy Land. The paging and indexing have been made to correspond to this arrangement, so that the two parts can be put up separately or together, as patrons may wish. Should it yet be deemed advisable, a supplemental volume will be added of the return home through Europe., We repeat here what we said in the introduction to the first part of the work, that the book is not designed for the critic and the scholar, but for the mass of common readers. The portion of country through which it takes the reader is, to the Christian
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