The Assembly's Shorter Catechism: Illustrated by Appropriate Anecdotes; Chiefly Designed to Assist Parents and Sabbath School Teachers in the Instruction of YouthJonathan Leavitt, 1830 - 178 pages |
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... king and love your country . ” " " A poor boy going to a Sabbath school , was met by a companion , who invited him to play the truant ; but he absolutely refused , and went to school . When this came to be known , the boy was asked what ...
... king and love your country . ” " " A poor boy going to a Sabbath school , was met by a companion , who invited him to play the truant ; but he absolutely refused , and went to school . When this came to be known , the boy was asked what ...
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... king of Syracuse , What is God ? desired a day to think upon it ; and when that was ended , he desired two ; and when these were past , he desired four days ; thus he continued to double the number of days in which he desired to think ...
... king of Syracuse , What is God ? desired a day to think upon it ; and when that was ended , he desired two ; and when these were past , he desired four days ; thus he continued to double the number of days in which he desired to think ...
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... King Charles I. the goldsmiths of London had a custom of weighing several sorts of their precious metal before the privy council . On this occasion , they made use of scales , poised with such exquisite nicety , that the beam would turn ...
... King Charles I. the goldsmiths of London had a custom of weighing several sorts of their precious metal before the privy council . On this occasion , they made use of scales , poised with such exquisite nicety , that the beam would turn ...
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... kings than one at Sparta , who governed by joint authority . A king was occasionally sent to some neighbouring senate , in character of a Spartan ambassador . Did he , when so sent , cease to be a 35.
... kings than one at Sparta , who governed by joint authority . A king was occasionally sent to some neighbouring senate , in character of a Spartan ambassador . Did he , when so sent , cease to be a 35.
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... king of Sparta , because he was also an ambassador ? No ; he did not divest himself of his regal dignity ; but only added to it that of public deputation . So Christ , in becoming man , did not cease to be God ; but though he ever was ...
... king of Sparta , because he was also an ambassador ? No ; he did not divest himself of his regal dignity ; but only added to it that of public deputation . So Christ , in becoming man , did not cease to be God ; but though he ever was ...
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Page 8 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 69 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 19 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 36 - Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.
Page 138 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Page 85 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God ; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 68 - The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind ; and our neighbour as ourselves.
Page 7 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Page 86 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed...
Page 12 - There are three persons in the Godhead ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.