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... society of such unhappy cast- aways . 11. Do not be periodical Christians . There are some who profess religion , who never seem to feel any interest on the sub- ject except when every one else does . It is true , there are special ...
... society of such unhappy cast- aways . 11. Do not be periodical Christians . There are some who profess religion , who never seem to feel any interest on the sub- ject except when every one else does . It is true , there are special ...
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... society . We may still continue to love the amiable natural traits of our friends , even though we find that they refuse to have them crowned and beautified by religion . Let all your efforts for the good of others be accompanied by ...
... society . We may still continue to love the amiable natural traits of our friends , even though we find that they refuse to have them crowned and beautified by religion . Let all your efforts for the good of others be accompanied by ...
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... SOCIETY . BY JOHN HARRIS , D. D. Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ . PHIL . i . 27 . THE word citizen is not , in its application , confined to the mere inhabitants of cities ; it means , a member of a civil ...
... SOCIETY . BY JOHN HARRIS , D. D. Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ . PHIL . i . 27 . THE word citizen is not , in its application , confined to the mere inhabitants of cities ; it means , a member of a civil ...
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... society in the little commonwealths of Greece , made patri- otism not merely a governing principle , but rather an ungovernable passion . With them , the very city itself the ox - became an imaginary being , demanding the sacrifice of ...
... society in the little commonwealths of Greece , made patri- otism not merely a governing principle , but rather an ungovernable passion . With them , the very city itself the ox - became an imaginary being , demanding the sacrifice of ...
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truth , and infusing regenerating principles into the heart of society , raised the scale of human responsibility a hundred fold . For example : the advantages peculiar to cities are numerous ; advantages of situation , of commerce ...
truth , and infusing regenerating principles into the heart of society , raised the scale of human responsibility a hundred fold . For example : the advantages peculiar to cities are numerous ; advantages of situation , of commerce ...
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Page 88 - In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, "Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Page 24 - But we were gentle- among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
Page 67 - But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have built...
Page 29 - 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 orna-ment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 83 - And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing ; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Page 26 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 27 - Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Page 45 - who gathers the lambs in his " arms, and carries them in his bosom," is pleased at times to favour him with cordials, that he may not be swallowed up with over-much sorrow.
Page 127 - Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Page 32 - Though vilest of them all ; But, can I bear the piercing thought, What if my name should be left out, When thou for them shalt call?