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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... mind , -What is the chief end of man ? " as if some one had asked it . When I considered the answer to it , " To glorify God , and to enjoy him for ever , " I was struck with shame and confusion . I found I had never sought to glorify ...
... mind , -What is the chief end of man ? " as if some one had asked it . When I considered the answer to it , " To glorify God , and to enjoy him for ever , " I was struck with shame and confusion . I found I had never sought to glorify ...
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... mind had been solemnly absorbed with the thought of eternal happiness . " O my friends , " said he , with an energy that surprised all present , " consider what it is to be for ever with the Lord . for ever , for ever , for ever ! " A ...
... mind had been solemnly absorbed with the thought of eternal happiness . " O my friends , " said he , with an energy that surprised all present , " consider what it is to be for ever with the Lord . for ever , for ever , for ever ! " A ...
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... mind and proved , by the blessing of God , the means of his conversion . He used to observe , that the Bible had been the happy means of saving both his soul and his body . A person in Birmingham , who lived in the neg- lect of the ...
... mind and proved , by the blessing of God , the means of his conversion . He used to observe , that the Bible had been the happy means of saving both his soul and his body . A person in Birmingham , who lived in the neg- lect of the ...
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... minds of the children the important truth , that God is in heaven - God is every where - God is here . It was a fine reply that a pupil of the deaf and dumb institution at Paris made to the following 46 question , put by a gentleman ...
... minds of the children the important truth , that God is in heaven - God is every where - God is here . It was a fine reply that a pupil of the deaf and dumb institution at Paris made to the following 46 question , put by a gentleman ...
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... my- self ; now and then finding a smoother pebble , or a prettier shell than ordinary , while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me . The late Dr. Beattie of Aberdeen , wishing to 66 Yes , " 66 impress on the mind of 15.
... my- self ; now and then finding a smoother pebble , or a prettier shell than ordinary , while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me . The late Dr. Beattie of Aberdeen , wishing to 66 Yes , " 66 impress on the mind of 15.
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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.