...keep my commandments, ' CLERICUS DERBIENSIS. Jan. 22, 1814. THE ORIGIN OF IT is said of Cain, that he brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, lie also brought of - the firstlings of' his Jlock, and the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto...

...successor of the red-handed ' riever' and starving potato-grower; Scripture, too, seems on our side — ' And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the 'ground.' Before looking at the actual extent and nature of the alleged depopulation, it may be necessary to...

...This hypothesis is agreeable to the earliest accounts we have of sacrifices. Gen. iv. 3, 4, 5. — And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD : and Abel he also brought of ^thejirstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof And the....

...son, -vanity, or disappointment. And they were both brought up to labour, but of different kinds : Abel -was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the 3 ground. And in process of time, or every year, it came to pass, that Cain by the divine command brought...

...woman. Observe the fruits of this, visible in the conduct they soon adopted, " Cain (the first " born) brought of the fruit of the ground, an " offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also " brought of thefirstlings of hisjiock, and of the "fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto " Abel, and to his...

...Abel was a keeper of Ihecp, but Cain wasatiller of the ground. And in procefs of time it came to pafs, that Cain brought 'of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. A«d Abel alfo brought of the firftlings of his fiock and of the F^t thereof. 12. ...And the Lord had...

...experience had supplied. They saw, when •' Cain * brought of the " fruit of the ground, an offering to the " Lord, and Abel he also brought of the " firstlings of his flock and of the fat there" of: and the Lord had respect unto Abel " and his offering, but unto Cain and to " his offering...

...of Cain, the eldest son of the first great husbandman, who, doubtless following paternal precedent, brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord ; and of Abel, who also, to the sacred altar of God brought of the firstlings of his flock. The Jews, whose...

...months and years, in sucK a manner, as to cause the day to follow the night." •No. 602. — iv. 3. Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.'] « To offer to the Deity the first-fruits of the tender herbage, springing up in the vernal season,...

...of Cain, the eldest son of the first great husbandman, who, doubtless following paternal precedent, brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord i and of Abel, who also, to the sacred altar of God brought of the firstlings of his flock. The Jews,...