The Child's First Book of ThoughtS.G. Simpkins, 1839 - 72 pages |
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... mind with some of the necessary materials of thought ; and in the hands of a teacher , or an elder brother or sister , to afford the means by question and answer in a variety of forms , to bring into exercise , the thinking and re ...
... mind with some of the necessary materials of thought ; and in the hands of a teacher , or an elder brother or sister , to afford the means by question and answer in a variety of forms , to bring into exercise , the thinking and re ...
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... MIND . Besides what I told you in the last lesson , Man thinks . No other animal thinks . Mat- ter cannot think . Vegetables cannot think . Our bodies cannot think . But there is some- thing in man that thinks ; and we call it mind ...
... MIND . Besides what I told you in the last lesson , Man thinks . No other animal thinks . Mat- ter cannot think . Vegetables cannot think . Our bodies cannot think . But there is some- thing in man that thinks ; and we call it mind ...
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... mind called memory . By what means are you enabled to re- member ? by what faculty of the mind ? By the mind you can reflect or recall the idea of the moon that shines , the stars that glitter , a picture you have seen , or a friend ...
... mind called memory . By what means are you enabled to re- member ? by what faculty of the mind ? By the mind you can reflect or recall the idea of the moon that shines , the stars that glitter , a picture you have seen , or a friend ...
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... mind , and God's holy word , have taught you these things . It is neither your hand , nor your foot , nor even your head that gives you the power to remember , to think , to reason , to distinguish right from wrong . It is by the aid of ...
... mind , and God's holy word , have taught you these things . It is neither your hand , nor your foot , nor even your head that gives you the power to remember , to think , to reason , to distinguish right from wrong . It is by the aid of ...
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... mind . This is the first and great commandment . And the second is like unto it . Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . Which is the first and great commandment ? Which is the second and like unto it ? He gave us also a new ...
... mind . This is the first and great commandment . And the second is like unto it . Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . Which is the first and great commandment ? Which is the second and like unto it ? He gave us also a new ...
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Page 44 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it; and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; for the price of wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Page 30 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so.
Page 55 - MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness : Come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God : It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise : Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting ; And his truth endureth to all generations.
Page 33 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 50 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 53 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 43 - SURELY there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Page 50 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 36 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and God saw that it was good.
Page 53 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.