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... MENT OF THE TONGUE ... HABITUAL CONDUCT ... Integrity ... Bene- volence ... Prudence ... Religion indispensable . ... Motives to early piety ...... .............. 41-100 CHAPTER IV . THE YOUNG FEMALE IN HER EMPLOYMENTS ... The young ...
... MENT OF THE TONGUE ... HABITUAL CONDUCT ... Integrity ... Bene- volence ... Prudence ... Religion indispensable . ... Motives to early piety ...... .............. 41-100 CHAPTER IV . THE YOUNG FEMALE IN HER EMPLOYMENTS ... The young ...
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... ment , according to their own sense of its value . I trust , that as mothers , we shall each be deeply sensible of our responsibility , and be led to seek much of that discretion which is profitable to di- rect , and especially of that ...
... ment , according to their own sense of its value . I trust , that as mothers , we shall each be deeply sensible of our responsibility , and be led to seek much of that discretion which is profitable to di- rect , and especially of that ...
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... ment . The conversation at meal times was not suffered to degenerate into idle and frivolous tattle , but was always of an interesting and instructive character , such as had a tendency to awaken inquiry in the minds of the young , and ...
... ment . The conversation at meal times was not suffered to degenerate into idle and frivolous tattle , but was always of an interesting and instructive character , such as had a tendency to awaken inquiry in the minds of the young , and ...
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... ment . The following anecdote is worth attention . A professional gentleman of rare attainments , and one who added to the laborious duties of his calling a great variety of learning , and many elegant accomplishments , was asked by a ...
... ment . The following anecdote is worth attention . A professional gentleman of rare attainments , and one who added to the laborious duties of his calling a great variety of learning , and many elegant accomplishments , was asked by a ...
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... ment to make notes of our own observations , and of the instructive remarks of others which we meet with either in conversation or books . For this purpose the young should have always at hand a memorandum book , in which to make the ...
... ment to make notes of our own observations , and of the instructive remarks of others which we meet with either in conversation or books . For this purpose the young should have always at hand a memorandum book , in which to make the ...
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Page 223 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 75 - Give me a calm, a thankful heart, From every murmur free ; The blessings of thy grace impart, And make me live to thee. 3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end.
Page 69 - Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 82 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Page 95 - which " is the beginning of wisdom ;" for " when wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul ; discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee." " Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Page 113 - All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honours to thee as my numbers may...
Page 83 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 84 - But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shall be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Page 96 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 147 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.