Miscellaneous Discourses and ReviewsJ. S. and C. Adams, 1834 - 415 pages |
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... drink , ' may lead an hundred neighbors , and companions , down to perdition with him , but will never persuade an individ- ual to return , and take hold on the paths of life . ' C A general reformation , then , if there is ever to be ...
... drink , ' may lead an hundred neighbors , and companions , down to perdition with him , but will never persuade an individ- ual to return , and take hold on the paths of life . ' C A general reformation , then , if there is ever to be ...
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... drinking , and making merry , and saying , soul , thou hast much goods laid up for many years , ' poverty stood watching at the door . The sheriff was not far off . Suddenly , houses , lands , goods , every thing passed into other hands ...
... drinking , and making merry , and saying , soul , thou hast much goods laid up for many years , ' poverty stood watching at the door . The sheriff was not far off . Suddenly , houses , lands , goods , every thing passed into other hands ...
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... drinking ! What a picture ! And what would be the probable result , if similar inqui- ries were made in all our great cities and towns ; if they were extended to every section of our country ; prosecu- ted through all the wards of our ...
... drinking ! What a picture ! And what would be the probable result , if similar inqui- ries were made in all our great cities and towns ; if they were extended to every section of our country ; prosecu- ted through all the wards of our ...
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... drinking , gaming , and every other evil habit . They must be faithfully trained up in habits of in- dustry and economy . Idleness at any age , is vice , and vice is ruin . Children must be taught to despise every mean and sordid action ...
... drinking , gaming , and every other evil habit . They must be faithfully trained up in habits of in- dustry and economy . Idleness at any age , is vice , and vice is ruin . Children must be taught to despise every mean and sordid action ...
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... drinking , quar- relsome , stupid , idle , and beggarly population . Consider what it is that makes this immense difference , and surely you cannot fail of being impressed with the overwhelm- ing importance of our subject . Do you ...
... drinking , quar- relsome , stupid , idle , and beggarly population . Consider what it is that makes this immense difference , and surely you cannot fail of being impressed with the overwhelm- ing importance of our subject . Do you ...
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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 75 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 . The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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 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 281 - Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
Page 169 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 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.
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 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.