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... never deceives you ; whose professions of kindness are the effusions of his heart ; one , in fine , whom , inde- pendent of any views of advantage , you would choose for a superior , could trust in as a friend , and could love as a ...
... never deceives you ; whose professions of kindness are the effusions of his heart ; one , in fine , whom , inde- pendent of any views of advantage , you would choose for a superior , could trust in as a friend , and could love as a ...
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... never know . The profusion of goodness which he beholds poured forth on the universe dilates his heart with the thought that in- numerable multitudes around him are blest and happy When he sees the labours of men appearing to prosper ...
... never know . The profusion of goodness which he beholds poured forth on the universe dilates his heart with the thought that in- numerable multitudes around him are blest and happy When he sees the labours of men appearing to prosper ...
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... never be put to any of us without some good effect . There are three different portions of our life which such a question naturally calls to view ; that part of it which is past ; that which is now present ; and that to which we fondly ...
... never be put to any of us without some good effect . There are three different portions of our life which such a question naturally calls to view ; that part of it which is past ; that which is now present ; and that to which we fondly ...
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... never been . Hence let the re- trospect of what is past produce , as its first effect , humiliation in our own eyes , and abasement before God . Much do human pride and self - complacency require some correction ; and that correction is ...
... never been . Hence let the re- trospect of what is past produce , as its first effect , humiliation in our own eyes , and abasement before God . Much do human pride and self - complacency require some correction ; and that correction is ...
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... never to trust presumptuously in your own wisdom . Humbly apply to the Au- thor of your being , and beseech his grace to guide you safely through those slippery and dangerous paths , in which experience has shewn that you are so ready ...
... never to trust presumptuously in your own wisdom . Humbly apply to the Au- thor of your being , and beseech his grace to guide you safely through those slippery and dangerous paths , in which experience has shewn that you are so ready ...
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Popular passages
Page 327 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Page 322 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 221 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 52 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 126 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 391 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 2 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 370 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help...
Page 42 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 170 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.