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,... The Atlantic Monthly - Page 1301879Full view - About this book
| Joshua Dixon (of Leeds.) - 1822 - 250 pages
...outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; hut let it he the hidden man of the heart, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 1 Pel. iii, 3, 4. 3. It forhids all unchaste hooks... | |
| Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin) - 1822 - 218 pages
...her constant attendance ; by the example of her chaste conversation, coupled with fear; and by that meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price. Habits of constant and regular attendance have also the most beneficial effects upon the rising generation.... | |
| 1847 - 648 pages
...Memoir. 0, that it may be the means of quickening me, and of making me more diligent ! I feel I want a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is a pearl of great price. I thank God, I can call him my Father, although I am sometimes assailed with... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1823 - 608 pages
...day. 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 it not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the tight... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 440 pages
...putting on apparel ; 4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. 5 For thus also the holy women, who trusted in God, formerly adorned themselves, being subject to their... | |
| 1823 - 600 pages
...sincerity ; and strikingly exemplified, even from an early period of his short life, " the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price." Few youths, within the same compass of years, exhibited a more unexceptionable pattern than he did,... | |
| 1834 - 442 pages
...fear. Whose adorning, let it not be the 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 ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is, in the sight... | |
| 1823 - 154 pages
...10.) 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 ornament of a meek and <)uiet spirit, which is in the sight... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 pages
...fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adornmg 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 ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight... | |
| Heman Humphrey - 1823 - 44 pages
...rejoice in their prosperity, strive to deserve their affection, and seek for herself that "adorning of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price." In this quiet, modest and beneficent course, who can wish her any thing but success? Where is the hand,... | |
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