A System of Education for the Girard College for Orphans: Respectfully Submitted to the Board of TrusteesIsaac Ashmead, 1838 - 427 pages |
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... present time with some reserve . * There can be , however , no objection to an interchange of opinions among those who take an interest in the cause of education . Your plan commends itself to consideration by its remarkable conciseness ...
... present time with some reserve . * There can be , however , no objection to an interchange of opinions among those who take an interest in the cause of education . Your plan commends itself to consideration by its remarkable conciseness ...
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... entering college , rather than graduating , at eighteen . It should be a postulate in instruction , " To present to the mind , the difficul- ties of the course , at the right point of 3 17 From Mathew Carey, Esq. ...
... entering college , rather than graduating , at eighteen . It should be a postulate in instruction , " To present to the mind , the difficul- ties of the course , at the right point of 3 17 From Mathew Carey, Esq. ...
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... present usages , for an error here has long existed , and ought , if possible , to be speedily rectified . A boy ought to be made a complete Latin and Greek scholar in the grammar school . In this we have the most hearty concurrence of ...
... present usages , for an error here has long existed , and ought , if possible , to be speedily rectified . A boy ought to be made a complete Latin and Greek scholar in the grammar school . In this we have the most hearty concurrence of ...
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... present connected with the institution , is in the college building , and is but fifty feet square . This will be altogether too small to meet the wants of such an establishment . A large and spacious room therefore must be constructed ...
... present connected with the institution , is in the college building , and is but fifty feet square . This will be altogether too small to meet the wants of such an establishment . A large and spacious room therefore must be constructed ...
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... present . It is true , that when the Spanish speeches are delivered the French scholars will not be benefited thereby , yet they may be gratified with the music , and perhaps be prepared to take a part in the second treble vocal strains ...
... present . It is true , that when the Spanish speeches are delivered the French scholars will not be benefited thereby , yet they may be gratified with the music , and perhaps be prepared to take a part in the second treble vocal strains ...
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Page 313 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 319 - God;) being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 306 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 314 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 144 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 313 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 152 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 314 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 310 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Page 288 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.