Essays to Do Good: Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Public Or Private CapacitiesAsa Child, 1815 - 195 pages |
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... contrive to accomplish our plans and avoid numerous inconveniences , to which , without some contrivance , we should be obnoxious . We carry on the business of our personal callings , with num- berless thoughts how to perform them well ...
... contrive to accomplish our plans and avoid numerous inconveniences , to which , without some contrivance , we should be obnoxious . We carry on the business of our personal callings , with num- berless thoughts how to perform them well ...
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... contrive some suitable acknowledgments of him , in endeavours to serve him ; and this by way of gratitude for these undeserved comforts . On the other hand ; you meet with heavy and griov- ous afflictions . Truly , it is a pity to be at ...
... contrive some suitable acknowledgments of him , in endeavours to serve him ; and this by way of gratitude for these undeserved comforts . On the other hand ; you meet with heavy and griov- ous afflictions . Truly , it is a pity to be at ...
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... contriving to be blessings to each other , I will say with Tertullian , i " where shall I find words to describe the happiness of that state ! " * O happy marriage ! PARENTS ! How much ought you to be devising for the good of your ...
... contriving to be blessings to each other , I will say with Tertullian , i " where shall I find words to describe the happiness of that state ! " * O happy marriage ! PARENTS ! How much ought you to be devising for the good of your ...
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... , I will employ to teach lessons of piety to my children , and will recompense them for so doing . But I would , by a particular artifice , contrive them # to be such lessons as may be for their own 68 ESSAYS TO DO GOOD .
... , I will employ to teach lessons of piety to my children , and will recompense them for so doing . But I would , by a particular artifice , contrive them # to be such lessons as may be for their own 68 ESSAYS TO DO GOOD .
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... contrive how others should have reason to rejoice in your neighborhood . " The right- eous is more excellent than his neighbor ; " but we shall scarcely allow him to be so , unless he be more excellent as a neighbor : he must excel in ...
... contrive how others should have reason to rejoice in your neighborhood . " The right- eous is more excellent than his neighbor ; " but we shall scarcely allow him to be so , unless he be more excellent as a neighbor : he must excel in ...
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