Devotional exercises, for the use of young personsWilson and Sons, 1826 - 243 pages |
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... attainment of this character ? Will you need any other arguments to induce you to cultivate a spirit of devotion ? 8 The judgment of an eminent person , that “ the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , and the knowledge of the ...
... attainment of this character ? Will you need any other arguments to induce you to cultivate a spirit of devotion ? 8 The judgment of an eminent person , that “ the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , and the knowledge of the ...
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... attainment of pious affections in old age , after a long pursuit of folly , must re- quire nothing less than an entire change of dispo sitions and of conduct , a complete regeneration of the mind and character . Old things must pass ...
... attainment of pious affections in old age , after a long pursuit of folly , must re- quire nothing less than an entire change of dispo sitions and of conduct , a complete regeneration of the mind and character . Old things must pass ...
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... attainments he has already made , and place him in a scene more favourable to an unlimited progress in virtue and piety , he commends his spirit , with unfeigned gra- titude and submission , to HIM who gave it ; and who , in His wisdom ...
... attainments he has already made , and place him in a scene more favourable to an unlimited progress in virtue and piety , he commends his spirit , with unfeigned gra- titude and submission , to HIM who gave it ; and who , in His wisdom ...
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... attainment of its great end , a world of ever - growing virtue and happiness . Whatever others do , therefore , let it be my firm resolution , now , in my younger days , to serve the Lord ; to live under a constant sense of his presence ...
... attainment of its great end , a world of ever - growing virtue and happiness . Whatever others do , therefore , let it be my firm resolution , now , in my younger days , to serve the Lord ; to live under a constant sense of his presence ...
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... attainments , I shall enjoy no longer . If I thoughtlessly neglect the advantages now afforded me , they will never return ; and the ignorance I now prefer , will be my portion through life . Ha- bits of indolence gained in this early ...
... attainments , I shall enjoy no longer . If I thoughtlessly neglect the advantages now afforded me , they will never return ; and the ignorance I now prefer , will be my portion through life . Ha- bits of indolence gained in this early ...
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Page 52 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 7 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 76 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Page 78 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 230 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth.
Page 18 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out My hand, and no man regarded ; but ye have set at nought all My counsel, and would none of My reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your fear comcth ; when your fear cometh...
Page 119 - I call upon my soul and all that is within me to bless and praise his holy name. For although I was 'troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Page 136 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do 2.
Page 41 - Receive my instruction and not silver ; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies ; and all the things that may be desired arc not to be compared to it I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Page 137 - For his eyes are upon the ways of man, And he seeth all his goings. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.