Short Discourses to be Read in FamiliesArmstrong and Plaskitt, 1833 - 493 pages |
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... thoughts and the tongue ; and if this cannot be accomplished in certain instances but by modes of address which perhaps are not so classically justifiable , should not a minister prefer utility to fame ? Paul in his noble energy adds ...
... thoughts and the tongue ; and if this cannot be accomplished in certain instances but by modes of address which perhaps are not so classically justifiable , should not a minister prefer utility to fame ? Paul in his noble energy adds ...
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... thoughts . They journey , and leave their little ones behind them with many an anxious feeling . There is an age when their children go from them : school or trade calls them away from home , and they are no longer under the eye of ...
... thoughts . They journey , and leave their little ones behind them with many an anxious feeling . There is an age when their children go from them : school or trade calls them away from home , and they are no longer under the eye of ...
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... thoughts Bear me away tumultuous , far from heaven And heavenly work : alas ! flesh drags me down From things ... thought- and we should impress it upon our minds- that every sabbath , every sermon , every pray- er , is a step taken ...
... thoughts Bear me away tumultuous , far from heaven And heavenly work : alas ! flesh drags me down From things ... thought- and we should impress it upon our minds- that every sabbath , every sermon , every pray- er , is a step taken ...
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... thoughts unto me , O Lord ! how great is the sum of them ! " His medi- tation of an all - seeing God was sweet ; and therefore it was frequent . How is it with us ? If we feel a satisfaction in thinking of this attribute , it is a good ...
... thoughts unto me , O Lord ! how great is the sum of them ! " His medi- tation of an all - seeing God was sweet ; and therefore it was frequent . How is it with us ? If we feel a satisfaction in thinking of this attribute , it is a good ...
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... thoughts possess my breast , Where'er i rove , where'er I rest ; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin - for God is there . " -Useful as a motive to virtue . The pre- sence , the eye of one who is above us , and whom we highly ...
... thoughts possess my breast , Where'er i rove , where'er I rest ; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin - for God is there . " -Useful as a motive to virtue . The pre- sence , the eye of one who is above us , and whom we highly ...
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Page 52 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us;' and he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know ye not whence ye are.
Page 107 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 100 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 144 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 159 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon us : yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 70 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 371 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 161 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Page 220 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 238 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.