Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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Page 73
... happiness . He may delight in God for what He is to him ; while he takes no delight in Him for what He is in Himself . the love of the new - born soul . his heart toward God is slain . to the Divine Character as it is . ject of ...
... happiness . He may delight in God for what He is to him ; while he takes no delight in Him for what He is in Himself . the love of the new - born soul . his heart toward God is slain . to the Divine Character as it is . ject of ...
Page 75
... happiness than all created intelligence beside , shares largely in the benevolent affections of every devout mind . Genuine love also involves the exercise of gra- titude . Gratitude to God is the exercise of love to Him for the favours ...
... happiness than all created intelligence beside , shares largely in the benevolent affections of every devout mind . Genuine love also involves the exercise of gra- titude . Gratitude to God is the exercise of love to Him for the favours ...
Page 83
... happiness ; or because you ap- prehend that he has a higher regard for your hap- piness than for His own glory ? There is a kind " God at all on good grounds , without some immediate reve- " lation to assure him that he was the OBJECT ...
... happiness ; or because you ap- prehend that he has a higher regard for your hap- piness than for His own glory ? There is a kind " God at all on good grounds , without some immediate reve- " lation to assure him that he was the OBJECT ...
Page 85
... happiness in yourself , or out of yourself ? Do you rejoice merely in the hope of your per- sonal interest in God's favour ? or do you rejoice in the hope of His glory ? Can you unite your feelings with His , your joys with the joys of ...
... happiness in yourself , or out of yourself ? Do you rejoice merely in the hope of your per- sonal interest in God's favour ? or do you rejoice in the hope of His glory ? Can you unite your feelings with His , your joys with the joys of ...
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... happiness to enjoy Him to perfection , and to be swallowed up in Him for ever . To see and to love that which is infinitely lovely , to behold and to adore that which is supremely adorable , is the character and the blessedness of the ...
... happiness to enjoy Him to perfection , and to be swallowed up in Him for ever . To see and to love that which is infinitely lovely , to behold and to adore that which is supremely adorable , is the character and the blessedness of the ...
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Page 198 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 90 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 46 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 187 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 77 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 138 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 158 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 70 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 215 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 195 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.