Book for Parents: The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar AdvantagesPerkins, Marvin & Company, 1834 - 420 pages |
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Page ix
... proof , " that as the north star , though it be less luminous than many others , yet , by reason of its position , doth better guide the pilot than even the moon herself ; so are there some texts in Scripture which , though less ...
... proof , " that as the north star , though it be less luminous than many others , yet , by reason of its position , doth better guide the pilot than even the moon herself ; so are there some texts in Scripture which , though less ...
Page xii
... prophecy ; and when the reader comes to peruse the proof of its fulfilment , he will , I presume , see no ob- scurity whatever , in the prophecy itself . There are a very few quotations , perhaps three or xii PREFACE .
... prophecy ; and when the reader comes to peruse the proof of its fulfilment , he will , I presume , see no ob- scurity whatever , in the prophecy itself . There are a very few quotations , perhaps three or xii PREFACE .
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... proof of its antiquity and previous obligation ; the Sabbath being originally " made for man , " and made for him while yet in the garden of Eden . Hence the division of time into weeks , so repeatedly referred to in Genesis ; the ...
... proof of its antiquity and previous obligation ; the Sabbath being originally " made for man , " and made for him while yet in the garden of Eden . Hence the division of time into weeks , so repeatedly referred to in Genesis ; the ...
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... proof of the divine regard for the best interests of his own institu- tion , the domestic circle ; but still the household servant cannot , must not , be regarded as an alien . Though not born in the house , such a domestic has been ...
... proof of the divine regard for the best interests of his own institu- tion , the domestic circle ; but still the household servant cannot , must not , be regarded as an alien . Though not born in the house , such a domestic has been ...
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... proof that its sanction , in his hands , far from being chargeable with undue severity , was fraught with mercy to the community as such ; for , in regard to all that has been already ad- vanced , as well as what follows , it must be ...
... proof that its sanction , in his hands , far from being chargeable with undue severity , was fraught with mercy to the community as such ; for , in regard to all that has been already ad- vanced , as well as what follows , it must be ...
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Page 201 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 232 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 316 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 52 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 42 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 101 - The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn.
Page 397 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 161 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 404 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 127 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.