Lectures to the Young...John Welwood Scott, 1812 - 246 pages |
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... death , " we cheerfully submit - we rejoice that you are willing to part with country , friends , and all the enjoy ments of civilized life , and go into those regions of pagan darkness and publish the gos- pel of Christ , that they ...
... death , " we cheerfully submit - we rejoice that you are willing to part with country , friends , and all the enjoy ments of civilized life , and go into those regions of pagan darkness and publish the gos- pel of Christ , that they ...
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... death and eternity ; but remember how much there is to do , and how short a space of time there may be to do so great a work . Bad child- ren are in general very great wasters of time . As every shred of gold is precious , so is every ...
... death and eternity ; but remember how much there is to do , and how short a space of time there may be to do so great a work . Bad child- ren are in general very great wasters of time . As every shred of gold is precious , so is every ...
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... death , when persons leave the present world , they rest from all their toils and all their labours , they die and go to their long home . " " Tis God has placed us in this school , Where ev'ry lesson of his grace , And all the ...
... death , when persons leave the present world , they rest from all their toils and all their labours , they die and go to their long home . " " Tis God has placed us in this school , Where ev'ry lesson of his grace , And all the ...
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... be yours also ; when we are taken away by death , then the Lord will take you up . That God , who pardoned the sins of parents , is able and will pardon the sins of the children . But there are some children who know not the God 35.
... be yours also ; when we are taken away by death , then the Lord will take you up . That God , who pardoned the sins of parents , is able and will pardon the sins of the children . But there are some children who know not the God 35.
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... death is past . It is the best time to seek God ; the sooner you seek him on earth , the greater will be your glory in Heaven ; it is a great pity to serve Satan in your best days , and God with the worst ; to spend the best of your ...
... death is past . It is the best time to seek God ; the sooner you seek him on earth , the greater will be your glory in Heaven ; it is a great pity to serve Satan in your best days , and God with the worst ; to spend the best of your ...
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Page 199 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 200 - And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.
Page 129 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother : Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Page 134 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 129 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 194 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 121 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Page 120 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 121 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 48 - He that committeth sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil.