Parting Advice to a Youth on Leaving His Sunday SchoolB. Waugh and T. Mason, 1833 - 80 pages |
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... refer- ence to make than the one just made . We find it was " revised " by their committee of publication . We wish it may be of much service to the youthful reader ; and we are sure it will be , if it be read with prayer and faith ...
... refer- ence to make than the one just made . We find it was " revised " by their committee of publication . We wish it may be of much service to the youthful reader ; and we are sure it will be , if it be read with prayer and faith ...
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... refer to Babylon ; the third , to the character of the Messiah , and the fourth to the destruction of Jerusalem . These have all received a strik- ing and a minute fulfilment ; the book , therefore , which contains them , must have been ...
... refer to Babylon ; the third , to the character of the Messiah , and the fourth to the destruction of Jerusalem . These have all received a strik- ing and a minute fulfilment ; the book , therefore , which contains them , must have been ...
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... refer particularly to temporal things . It is a maxim of prudence , that your dress should be becoming your cha- racter and station . Neatness and decency are commendable in every one ; but finery is always despicable , and is sure to ...
... refer particularly to temporal things . It is a maxim of prudence , that your dress should be becoming your cha- racter and station . Neatness and decency are commendable in every one ; but finery is always despicable , and is sure to ...
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... refer . ence to the spiritual interests of your fellow creatures . On the Lord's day , at least , you may aid in the instruction of the rising generation . As opportunity may offer , you may kindly ad- monish any around you whose habits ...
... refer . ence to the spiritual interests of your fellow creatures . On the Lord's day , at least , you may aid in the instruction of the rising generation . As opportunity may offer , you may kindly ad- monish any around you whose habits ...
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... as the children you know in Ireland do ; " referring to a report which he had been reading of the progress of Scriptural knowledge in that country . Think , my dear young friend , of the truly Christian spirit 66 PARTING ADVICE .
... as the children you know in Ireland do ; " referring to a report which he had been reading of the progress of Scriptural knowledge in that country . Think , my dear young friend , of the truly Christian spirit 66 PARTING ADVICE .
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Page 45 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 56 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 45 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 25 - Likewise, however it be accounted for, the criminal commerce of the sexes corrupts and depraves the mind and moral character more than any single species of vice whatsoever. That ready perception of guilt, that prompt and decisive resolution against it, which constitutes a virtuous character, is seldom found in persons addicted to these indulgences. They prepare an easy admission for every sin that seeks it ; are, in low life, usually the first stage in men's progress to the most desperate...
Page 50 - Strive to enter in at the strait gate ; for strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 28 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God...
Page 18 - To him give all the prophets witness, that through his Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Page 20 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 59 - ... Stoop, stoop!" I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Page 19 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.