...walls of their little town somewhat as Nehemiah and his countrymen builded tlie walls of Jerusalem ; li every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the oilier held a weapon." On the morning of November llth they were attacked by a body of 800 natives,...

...Judah. 17 They which huilded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that la. deu, every am spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; b 13 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded: and he that soiftided...

...Jerusalem, there had not been seen a community, of whom it could be so emphatically said ; " every person with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon." Although in the first burst of resistance, the place of civil government was supplied by public sentiment,...

...surrounded it with pallisades; for as one of them writes* " their situation was critical, it was as if each with one of his hands wrought in the work and with the other held a weapon ;"" for they found it needful to be constantly upon their guard against a nation to whom...

...Ibe rulers KCTC behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which huilded on tbe wall, nr.ii they tb;it bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his our brethren, our children as their children .- and lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters...

...the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons ; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare...burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his bands wrought in the work, and with the other hand neld a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had...

...diligently sought by all means to circumvent them, and to destroy the city and people ; who with one hand wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon ; holding spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared ; and had a trumpet always...

...the people united cordially .' and firmly together, each building his own part ; " With one hand they wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon." Let the magistrates and community of Glasgow adopt a similar plan of co-operation, or devise a better;...

...commission from Artaxerxes, they were so beset with enemies, that the men employed in building the wall ' every one with one of his hands wrought in the work,...with the other hand held a weapon :' Neh. iv. 17. Lay these two prophecies now together : Jacob foretels that Judah s sceptre should continue till Shiloh...

...returned from Babylon to build the wall of Jerusalem, of whom the sacred historian remarks, that " every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon." The law is no longer against him, hut the spirit of defunct, intolerant statutes walks amongst his...