Essays to Do Good, Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Publick Or Private CapacitiesStevens, 1826 - 148 pages |
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... poor man " may start a proposal which may save a city , " serve a na- tion ! A single hair , applied to a flyer that has other wheels depending on it , may pull up an oak , or pull down a house . 66 It is very observable , that when our ...
... poor man " may start a proposal which may save a city , " serve a na- tion ! A single hair , applied to a flyer that has other wheels depending on it , may pull up an oak , or pull down a house . 66 It is very observable , that when our ...
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... poor , and yet hath great riches . " This is too frequently exemplified in our opportunities to do good , which are some of our most valuable riches . Many a man seems to reckon himself destitute of these tal- ents , as if there were ...
... poor , and yet hath great riches . " This is too frequently exemplified in our opportunities to do good , which are some of our most valuable riches . Many a man seems to reckon himself destitute of these tal- ents , as if there were ...
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... poor . Yea , if any one has hurt or vexed them , I will not only forbid all revenge , but will also oblige them to do a kindness , as soon as possible , to the vexatious person . All coarseness of language or behaviour in them , I will ...
... poor . Yea , if any one has hurt or vexed them , I will not only forbid all revenge , but will also oblige them to do a kindness , as soon as possible , to the vexatious person . All coarseness of language or behaviour in them , I will ...
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... poor people that lie wounded must have oil and wine poured into their wounds . It was a charming trait in the character of a modern prince " to be in distress is to deserve his favour . " O good neighbour ! put on that princely , that ...
... poor people that lie wounded must have oil and wine poured into their wounds . It was a charming trait in the character of a modern prince " to be in distress is to deserve his favour . " O good neighbour ! put on that princely , that ...
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... poor that are cast out ; when thou seest the naked cover him : " at least , exercise Nazianzen's charity ; " Si nihil habes , da lacrymulam ; " " If you have nothing else to bestow upon the miserable , bestow a tear or two upon 62 ...
... poor that are cast out ; when thou seest the naked cover him : " at least , exercise Nazianzen's charity ; " Si nihil habes , da lacrymulam ; " " If you have nothing else to bestow upon the miserable , bestow a tear or two upon 62 ...
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Page 92 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 108 - 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 46 - For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband ? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Page 102 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 106 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 7 - Good,' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 146 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 113 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 35 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 94 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.