A Course of Lectures for Sunday Evenings: Containing Religious Advice to Young Persons, Volume 2O.A. Roorback, 1829 |
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... suit the whims , and accommodate yourself to the caprice of all with whom you are connected : it is therefore absolutely ne- cessary if you mean to pass through life with happiness and esteem , that you should esta- blish some OPINION ...
... suit the whims , and accommodate yourself to the caprice of all with whom you are connected : it is therefore absolutely ne- cessary if you mean to pass through life with happiness and esteem , that you should esta- blish some OPINION ...
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... suit his behaviour to his trials ; and he who is grateful , benevolent , and humble in a prosperous state , would not fail in his duty from any change of situation ; because he considers his condition as appointed by God , and whether ...
... suit his behaviour to his trials ; and he who is grateful , benevolent , and humble in a prosperous state , would not fail in his duty from any change of situation ; because he considers his condition as appointed by God , and whether ...
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... suit his temper ; but he is more happy who can suit his temper to any circumstances . Youth is the season to in- cline the will into a right direction . becomes stubborn with age , and long habit : It renders a change next to impossible ...
... suit his temper ; but he is more happy who can suit his temper to any circumstances . Youth is the season to in- cline the will into a right direction . becomes stubborn with age , and long habit : It renders a change next to impossible ...
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... suit your own immediate designs . The sacrifice may sometimes be painful , but the reward of love will be an agreeable recompence . The smile that beams in the countenance of those you have obliged , will reflect its cheerfulness in ...
... suit your own immediate designs . The sacrifice may sometimes be painful , but the reward of love will be an agreeable recompence . The smile that beams in the countenance of those you have obliged , will reflect its cheerfulness in ...
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... suit with our condition , are likely to make the happiest im- pression , and to contribute towards our ad- vancement in virtue . The passions of youth , ever liable to seduce them into evil , are strengthened by the pros- perity , and ...
... suit with our condition , are likely to make the happiest im- pression , and to contribute towards our ad- vancement in virtue . The passions of youth , ever liable to seduce them into evil , are strengthened by the pros- perity , and ...
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Page 194 - For I have received of the LORD that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord JESUS, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me.
Page 203 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Page 64 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 96 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 191 - And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 20 - And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Page 182 - But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 240 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Page 202 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, And it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 248 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.