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... reformation and restoration to happiness of the vicious and criminal classes of children ; to suggest the various plans by which such ends may be attained ; and lastly , to en- deavour to rouse the community to a sense of the danger to ...
... reformation and restoration to happiness of the vicious and criminal classes of children ; to suggest the various plans by which such ends may be attained ; and lastly , to en- deavour to rouse the community to a sense of the danger to ...
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... reformation . It is possible to mistake the symptom for the disease . An error at the outset , will vitiate our purpose , and render abortive every philanthropic undertaking . It will be difficult , indeed , to decide , whether more ...
... reformation . It is possible to mistake the symptom for the disease . An error at the outset , will vitiate our purpose , and render abortive every philanthropic undertaking . It will be difficult , indeed , to decide , whether more ...
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... reformation , or extirpation of the class in London would be to heal the waters at the fountain - head , or stop the stream that deluges the country with vice . The number of the costermongers , as we have shown , is estimated at about ...
... reformation , or extirpation of the class in London would be to heal the waters at the fountain - head , or stop the stream that deluges the country with vice . The number of the costermongers , as we have shown , is estimated at about ...
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... reformation . We have permitted weeds to grow and flower , and then incautiously uprooted the nuisance . The evil seemed repressed ; but the very act shook out seeds and scattered them thick and wide ; and in a few Cruel policy . short ...
... reformation . We have permitted weeds to grow and flower , and then incautiously uprooted the nuisance . The evil seemed repressed ; but the very act shook out seeds and scattered them thick and wide ; and in a few Cruel policy . short ...
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... reformation , and the portal to a higher position in society , but , in fact , a sink of iniquity , where pollution is thrust into every sense of modesty , shame , hope , and self - respect , and the patient is morally destroyed . Let ...
... reformation , and the portal to a higher position in society , but , in fact , a sink of iniquity , where pollution is thrust into every sense of modesty , shame , hope , and self - respect , and the patient is morally destroyed . Let ...
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Page 75 - And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 277 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 76 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 81 - ... that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 292 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 256 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 74 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? and what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Page 299 - Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 50 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Page 299 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.