Devotional exercises, for the use of young personsWilson and Sons, 1826 - 243 pages |
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... Character of Jesus Christ 101 ..... SATURDAY MORNING . On Friendship ...... 108 SATURDAY EVENING . Thoughts suggested by the Conclusion of a Week 116 SUBJECTS ÓF THE REFLECTIONS . Second Weck . Page SUNDAY X SUBJECTS OF THE REFLECTIONS .
... Character of Jesus Christ 101 ..... SATURDAY MORNING . On Friendship ...... 108 SATURDAY EVENING . Thoughts suggested by the Conclusion of a Week 116 SUBJECTS ÓF THE REFLECTIONS . Second Weck . Page SUNDAY X SUBJECTS OF THE REFLECTIONS .
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... Thoughts suited to the beginning of the day ... 205 FRIDAY EVENING . On Self - love 214 SATURDAY MORNING . On Health 224 SATURDAY EVENING . On the anticipation of the active scenes of life 234 INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS то YOUNG PERSONS . MY ...
... Thoughts suited to the beginning of the day ... 205 FRIDAY EVENING . On Self - love 214 SATURDAY MORNING . On Health 224 SATURDAY EVENING . On the anticipation of the active scenes of life 234 INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS то YOUNG PERSONS . MY ...
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... thoughts frequently to God , as to that Being from whose goodness you have received all you enjoy ; by whose power you are every moment supported , and to whom you are hereafter to be accountable for all your present conduct ; who ...
... thoughts frequently to God , as to that Being from whose goodness you have received all you enjoy ; by whose power you are every moment supported , and to whom you are hereafter to be accountable for all your present conduct ; who ...
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... thoughts utterance . The The purpose of the ollowing pages will not be completely answered , until they shall not ... thought upon the subject , you must 2 INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS .
... thoughts utterance . The The purpose of the ollowing pages will not be completely answered , until they shall not ... thought upon the subject , you must 2 INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS .
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Charles Wellbeloved. you have ever thought upon the subject , you must be fully convinced of the great importance of a religious and devotional temper at your period of life . If you have never considered ... thought upon the subject, you ...
Charles Wellbeloved. you have ever thought upon the subject , you must be fully convinced of the great importance of a religious and devotional temper at your period of life . If you have never considered ... thought upon the subject, you ...
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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.