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... Holy Scriptures to guide them . But now that we have the light of the Gospel in the world , I rather think that many a poor shepherd , with his Bi- ble in his hand , has got more real wisdom than all the philosophers put together . And ...
... Holy Scriptures to guide them . But now that we have the light of the Gospel in the world , I rather think that many a poor shepherd , with his Bi- ble in his hand , has got more real wisdom than all the philosophers put together . And ...
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... holy Scriptures , acquire a full know- ledge of whatever is necessary for his salvation ; and in their artless , simple answers , I have often received more instruction than from a large and learned book . I can never look at my Sunday ...
... holy Scriptures , acquire a full know- ledge of whatever is necessary for his salvation ; and in their artless , simple answers , I have often received more instruction than from a large and learned book . I can never look at my Sunday ...
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... Instruction , which now so generally pre- vails , makes religion , so prominent a part ! Begin prayer , and reading the holy Scripture , must be ning and ending the business of every day with The Force of Example . 23.
... Instruction , which now so generally pre- vails , makes religion , so prominent a part ! Begin prayer , and reading the holy Scripture , must be ning and ending the business of every day with The Force of Example . 23.
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prayer , and reading the holy Scripture , must be attended with a blessing . A child so educated , is in the way of getting true wisdom here , and learning the way to everlasting happiness hereafter . It learns a Christian's hopes , and ...
prayer , and reading the holy Scripture , must be attended with a blessing . A child so educated , is in the way of getting true wisdom here , and learning the way to everlasting happiness hereafter . It learns a Christian's hopes , and ...
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... Holy Scriptures . Man should therefore be ashamed blindly to follow that way in which his desires would lead him , instead of reasoning and thinking within himself what is for his real good . Any of the common animals can seize upon ...
... Holy Scriptures . Man should therefore be ashamed blindly to follow that way in which his desires would lead him , instead of reasoning and thinking within himself what is for his real good . Any of the common animals can seize upon ...
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Page 412 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Page 437 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Page 160 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing' That thus they all shall meet in future days: There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 137 - WILL you deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world...
Page 412 - Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Author rise...
Page 291 - O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Page 79 - Whose adorning let it not be that outWard adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 481 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 411 - Thou sun of this great world, both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater, sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st.
Page 438 - For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days : for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.