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That Sure Tastes Good!

Who satisfies your mouth with good things… Psalm 103:5a Psalm 37: 3 declares: “Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.” There, the

From Redemption to Royalty

In the first half of Psalm 103:4, God redeems us. Then, with only the separation of the pause of a comma, in the second half of the same verse, He crowns us. In other words,

Put Away Childish Things

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (1 Corinthians 13:11) What

“One of the largest islands of the Mediterranean, about 148 miles” long and 40 broad. It is distant about 60 miles from the Syrian “coast. It was the “Chittim” of the Old Testament (Num. 24:24).” “The Greek colonists gave it the name of Kypros, from the cyprus,” “i.e., the henna (see [138]CAMPHIRE), which grew on this island.” It was originally inhabited by Phoenicians. In B.C. 477 it fell under the dominion of the Greeks; and became a Roman province B.C. 58. In ancient times it was a centre of great commercial activity. Corn and wine and oil were produced here in the greatest perfection. It was rich also in timber and in mineral wealth. “It is first mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 4:36) as the native place of Barnabas. It was the scene of Paul’s first “missionary labours (13:4-13), when he and Barnabas and John Mark” were sent forth by the church of Antioch. It was afterwards “visited by Barnabas and Mark alone (15:39). Mnason, an “old” “disciple,” probaly one of the converts of the day of Pentecost” “belonging to this island, is mentioned (21:16). It is also” mentioned in connection with the voyages of Paul (Acts 21:3; “27:4). After being under the Turks for three hundred years, it” was given up to the British Government in 1878.

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