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the sun (new york [n.y.]) 1916-1920 — chariot of fire

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1919-05-18
Location: new york, new york, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the sun (new york [n.y.]) 1916-1920 · 1919-05-18 · page 70
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1919-05-18 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “chariot of fire”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... every airplane he sees a "chariot of fire" and in every whirl of dust the "pillar of cloud." Wherever he goes, from Jaffa to Jericho, or Beersheba to Dan, he i3 haunted by the spirits of the past, and is continually meeting and walking away with Abraham and Isaac and Hagar and Ishmael, and standing to watch with brimming emo tions David fleeing from Saul or Elijah from Jezebel. This is all very good, but since Dr. Fin ley describes himself in his title as "the first American pilgrim after Gen. Allen by's recovery of the Holy Land," a dif ferent kind of a book would have been welcome just now. It would have been ...

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