Parting Advice to a Youth on Leaving His Sunday SchoolB. Waugh and T. Mason, 1833 - 80 pages |
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... good . See to it , then , that as God has commanded you , you do indeed " honour your father and your mother . " You ought to respect the ministers of the · Gospel , and " to esteem them highly in love PARTING ADVICE . 27.
... good . See to it , then , that as God has commanded you , you do indeed " honour your father and your mother . " You ought to respect the ministers of the · Gospel , and " to esteem them highly in love PARTING ADVICE . 27.
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... respects the companions with whom you asso- ciate , or the friendships you form . There are abandoned wretches in society who lie in wait to make you their prey . Lost to all sense of decency themselves , they are fit instruments of ...
... respects the companions with whom you asso- ciate , or the friendships you form . There are abandoned wretches in society who lie in wait to make you their prey . Lost to all sense of decency themselves , they are fit instruments of ...
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... respect , the very brutes may shame man who is their lord ; they never take more than enough to satisfy their wants . The anecdote told of Cyrus , on this subject , is very instructive . When he presented the cup of wine to his ...
... respect , the very brutes may shame man who is their lord ; they never take more than enough to satisfy their wants . The anecdote told of Cyrus , on this subject , is very instructive . When he presented the cup of wine to his ...
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... respect you for your consistent conduct . Every vice is connected with intemperance . Should you fall into this horrible gulf , there will be little hope of your ever rising again , so as to be of any real use to society , or comfort to ...
... respect you for your consistent conduct . Every vice is connected with intemperance . Should you fall into this horrible gulf , there will be little hope of your ever rising again , so as to be of any real use to society , or comfort to ...
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... respect guard against " the appearance of evil . " Let your employer or friends have to say , I could trust him with any thing . Nothing is ever really gained by dishonesty . It is a crime which no one will tolerate , and which ruins ...
... respect guard against " the appearance of evil . " Let your employer or friends have to say , I could trust him with any thing . Nothing is ever really gained by dishonesty . It is a crime which no one will tolerate , and which ruins ...
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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.