Miscellaneous Discourses and ReviewsJ. S. and C. Adams, 1834 - 415 pages |
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... natural . To leave the ' broad way , ' is extremely difficult . Thousands of so- ber persons , have imperceptibly to themselves , first be- come tipplers and then drunkards ; but not one drunkard in a thousand , has ever had the ...
... natural . To leave the ' broad way , ' is extremely difficult . Thousands of so- ber persons , have imperceptibly to themselves , first be- come tipplers and then drunkards ; but not one drunkard in a thousand , has ever had the ...
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... liber- ality to the poor . They were the objects of his tender * Preached at Pittsfield , Mass . on the day of the Annual Fast , April 4 , 1818 . compassion . In his human nature , and as a 3 On Doing Good to the Poor.
... liber- ality to the poor . They were the objects of his tender * Preached at Pittsfield , Mass . on the day of the Annual Fast , April 4 , 1818 . compassion . In his human nature , and as a 3 On Doing Good to the Poor.
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Heman Humphrey. compassion . In his human nature , and as a poor man himself , he sympathised with them in their privations . He strongly enjoined upon his followers the giving of alms , as an essential evidence of love to himself ; and ...
Heman Humphrey. compassion . In his human nature , and as a poor man himself , he sympathised with them in their privations . He strongly enjoined upon his followers the giving of alms , as an essential evidence of love to himself ; and ...
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... nature , the progress of infirmities , could not be hindered nor retarded . She was constrained to yield , and is now an interesting and helpless pensioner upon public or private bounty . Now all these I call the virtuous and ...
... nature , the progress of infirmities , could not be hindered nor retarded . She was constrained to yield , and is now an interesting and helpless pensioner upon public or private bounty . Now all these I call the virtuous and ...
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... natural ca- pacity , are objects of universal compassion , and are en- titled to a comfortable maintenance , when from this cause alone , they are reduced to want . 3. Many , in the providence of God , are rendered in- capable of labor ...
... natural ca- pacity , are objects of universal compassion , and are en- titled to a comfortable maintenance , when from this cause alone , they are reduced to want . 3. Many , in the providence of God , are rendered in- capable of labor ...
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Page 191 - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof...
Page 101 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us : Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Page 181 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 79 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 185 - And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against his army.
Page 180 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Page 111 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the Great King.
Page 143 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 189 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 169 - His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns ; and He had a name written that no man knew but He Himself. And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood ; and His name is called the Word of God.