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... Father in heaven . But there appears to be no propriety in applying the ex- pression " love of happiness " to present enjoyment , without reference to the good of others , or our own future good . Yet many a specious argument has no ...
... Father in heaven . But there appears to be no propriety in applying the ex- pression " love of happiness " to present enjoyment , without reference to the good of others , or our own future good . Yet many a specious argument has no ...
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... father's heart may be so absorbed in rescuing his child from a house in flames , as to preclude all consideration of the joy which he himself is to experience , in the deliverance of the child . This does not imply that he is the ...
... father's heart may be so absorbed in rescuing his child from a house in flames , as to preclude all consideration of the joy which he himself is to experience , in the deliverance of the child . This does not imply that he is the ...
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... father who seeth . in secret shall reward thee openly . " " When thou makest a feast , call the poor , the maimed , the lame , and the blind , and thou shalt be blessed , for they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed ...
... father who seeth . in secret shall reward thee openly . " " When thou makest a feast , call the poor , the maimed , the lame , and the blind , and thou shalt be blessed , for they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed ...
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... Father which is in heaven . " The same ultimate ob- your jects of pursuit are proposed to us , which He makes the end of all His works ; the glory of His name , and the highest good of His kingdom . These we are bound to seek on their ...
... Father which is in heaven . " The same ultimate ob- your jects of pursuit are proposed to us , which He makes the end of all His works ; the glory of His name , and the highest good of His kingdom . These we are bound to seek on their ...
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... father of such a school must not be surprised if his children excel him : for the field opened is boundless ; and such contemptuous expressions as " baby sprinklers , " & c . , will soon not be deemed sufficiently spirited and energetic ...
... father of such a school must not be surprised if his children excel him : for the field opened is boundless ; and such contemptuous expressions as " baby sprinklers , " & c . , will soon not be deemed sufficiently spirited and energetic ...
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Page 144 - And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Page 410 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Page 179 - And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Page 190 - Lest Satan should get an advantage of us : for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Page 476 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 389 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious.
Page 74 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 157 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 362 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Page 21 - according to the deeds done in the body," when " they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever...