Miscellaneous Discourses and ReviewsJ. S. and C. Adams, 1834 - 415 pages |
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... habits , does more good , than if he could reclaim twenty or even forty , who are already nearly burnt up with strong drink , or worn out by other brutal indulgences ; and so would be worth almost noth- ing to the community , if they ...
... habits , does more good , than if he could reclaim twenty or even forty , who are already nearly burnt up with strong drink , or worn out by other brutal indulgences ; and so would be worth almost noth- ing to the community , if they ...
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... habits to inspire them with the love of truth , justice , and benevolence ? - The answer of Scripture is , Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is old , he will not de- part from it . ' The answer of reason , founded ...
... habits to inspire them with the love of truth , justice , and benevolence ? - The answer of Scripture is , Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is old , he will not de- part from it . ' The answer of reason , founded ...
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... habit . Now let the co - operation which I have thus hastily sketched take place - let the people be one - let the combined wisdom and exertions of all be directed to the point before us , and how soon would a thorough ref- ormation be ...
... habit . Now let the co - operation which I have thus hastily sketched take place - let the people be one - let the combined wisdom and exertions of all be directed to the point before us , and how soon would a thorough ref- ormation be ...
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... habit , prin- ciple , and necessity . Take any number of human beings you please , in a state of nature , and not one of them will betake himself to any regular employment so long as he can subsist without it . Who ever heard of an ...
... habit , prin- ciple , and necessity . Take any number of human beings you please , in a state of nature , and not one of them will betake himself to any regular employment so long as he can subsist without it . Who ever heard of an ...
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... habit , the sense of shame , and influence of principle upon the minds of men , and how many still , if they find they can be maintained , or but half maintained , in idle- ness and tippling , will deliberately throw themselves and ...
... habit , the sense of shame , and influence of principle upon the minds of men , and how many still , if they find they can be maintained , or but half maintained , in idle- ness and tippling , will deliberately throw themselves and ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Miscellaneous Discourses and Reviews |
| Author | Heman Humphrey |
| Publisher | J. S. and C. Adams, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 415 pages |
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