Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 1A. Towar [and others], 1834 |
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Page 80
... nature of the times in which we live . We behold a cloudy and dark day . The revolutions which have taken place and the general aspect of things at present are dreadful to those who have no God . O let a sense of our danger endear to us ...
... nature of the times in which we live . We behold a cloudy and dark day . The revolutions which have taken place and the general aspect of things at present are dreadful to those who have no God . O let a sense of our danger endear to us ...
Page 82
... nature is a book , and the various parts of it are so many multiplied pages in which we may read and consider the wonderful works of God . " The seasons of the year are every way interest- ing . They are necessary for the production of ...
... nature is a book , and the various parts of it are so many multiplied pages in which we may read and consider the wonderful works of God . " The seasons of the year are every way interest- ing . They are necessary for the production of ...
Page 83
... nature : there are few who so behold its scenes as to pause and ad- mire , till they have imbibed a sympathy with them ; till they feel themselves at home in them ; till they are detached from everything human , and little , and ...
... nature : there are few who so behold its scenes as to pause and ad- mire , till they have imbibed a sympathy with them ; till they feel themselves at home in them ; till they are detached from everything human , and little , and ...
Page 84
... nature , but to observe it devotionally , and as Christians . There is a difference between viewing and im- proving these things : there is a difference be- tween our studying them as mere admirers and philosophers , and applying them ...
... nature , but to observe it devotionally , and as Christians . There is a difference between viewing and im- proving these things : there is a difference be- tween our studying them as mere admirers and philosophers , and applying them ...
Page 85
... nature , as well as in the extraordinary displays of his power and wisdom , and goodness . He also makes them images to remind him of better things . The rising sun brings to his thoughts " the sun of righteousness arising with healing ...
... nature , as well as in the extraordinary displays of his power and wisdom , and goodness . He also makes them images to remind him of better things . The rising sun brings to his thoughts " the sun of righteousness arising with healing ...
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Page 226 - 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 i - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 98 - Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Page 235 - And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 271 - But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above :) •%• Or, who shall descend into the deep ? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith, which we preach...
Page 26 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 307 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. 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 269 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Page 161 - 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 50 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.