Bible

Scope and Contents Scrapbook with several different sections. Letter pasted to front flyleaf reads:"Some further Illustrations of the Rev. W. J. Heaton's volumes on our own English Bible.Prepared for and presented to Principal Alexander Whyte.With a further section, illustrating the great advances made by Wesleyan Methodism of late, owing largely to the Twentieth Century Fund.W. J. Heaton.Bridport. Feb[ruar]y, 1915." Section 1: 15 plates...

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Poem beginning 'Mhealladh Adhamh le 'mhnaoi' citing biblical characters who deceived their wives.

Scope and Contents Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701), including, as usual in post-15th (?)-century times, (1) the Book of Psalms, (2) the Canticles of the Prophets, (3) the Song of Songs, (4) the Wǝddāse Māryām (‘Praise of Mary’, a Marian prayer divided into seven parts, one for each day of the week), (5) the ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (‘Gate of Light’, another Marian prayer).In column b. on the second-to-last folio, there is an ownership note, in which the name of the owner has been erased. On the third-to-last...

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Quotations from the bible, verses and poems in the hands of members of the Booth family, also includes a lock of Joseph Booth’s hair

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Reference note which reads 'Snow water cleansing prob[ably] Job IX-30.'

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Saying possibly from the Bible which reads 'Night and day not day and night' and proverb beginning 'Is math an cobhair, Ach is don an sobhal an t-iasgach.'

Scope and Contents 60 notebooks of manuscript sermons, each with ownership marks and pen trials on end boards, and an index of sermons in Drummond's hand. Some sermons are dated, but others are less clear. Most volumes have text beginning at the front and at the back, which do not necessarily meet in the centre. Resultantly, volumes mostly have two systems of pagination that end at different points. The sermons are cumulative, and frequently refer to previous volumes and discussions. The sequence is...

Scope and Contents 8 bound notebooks of sermons.1. 1761. Includes sections on Luke 14:23, Romans 8:12, 1 John 3:2, 1 Peter 4:7, philippians 1:6 and Isaiah 60:12. 1761. Includes sections on Psalms 68:18, Acts 17:11, Isaiah 59:19 and Acts 17:313. 1761. Includes sections on Hosea 7:16, Job 29:2-3, Job 13:15, Hebrews 9:14, Isaiah 43:5-6, Matthew 17:20, Luke 17:6 and Psalms 73:13-144. 1761-1762. Not indexed.5. 1762. Includes sections on Ephesians 1:16 and...

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Story telling how Father MacGregor, Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] had been expounding biblical doctrines to his catechist Donald Macintire also known as Domhul Macdhomhuil ic Thearlaich [Dòmhnall mac Dhòmhnaill 'ic Theàrlaich or Donald MacIntyre] he picked up 'MacPherson's Gaelic Ossian' to read from it instead to which Donald remarked 'M'anamsa Dhia s e b annsa leinn!' ['Upon my soul, O God, but that were preferable to us!']

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Story about the Bible being read after a fairy sighting at Eas Ailigan [Eas Alligin, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.