A Course of Lectures for Sunday Evenings: Containing Religious Advice to Young Persons, Volume 2O.A. Roorback, 1829 - Youth |
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... nature designed it , as a preserva- tive from evil , and an incitement to good- ness . It stimulates the ingenuous mind to imitate what is excellent , and to subdue in itself what is disapproved by the worthy . The great Governor of the ...
... nature designed it , as a preserva- tive from evil , and an incitement to good- ness . It stimulates the ingenuous mind to imitate what is excellent , and to subdue in itself what is disapproved by the worthy . The great Governor of the ...
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... natural temper , or the prevalence of violent pas . sions , you may particularly implore the aid of that Holy Spirit , " which shall lead you into all truth , " and establish you in every good work . • 26 SUNDAY XXXV . ON THE MOTIVES TO ...
... natural temper , or the prevalence of violent pas . sions , you may particularly implore the aid of that Holy Spirit , " which shall lead you into all truth , " and establish you in every good work . • 26 SUNDAY XXXV . ON THE MOTIVES TO ...
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... excellence and virtue , it is truly irresistible . Good nature will of itself atone for the want of many personal graces and excuse a thousand in- That live- advertent actions , which would without it occasion 32 LECTURE XXXVI .
... excellence and virtue , it is truly irresistible . Good nature will of itself atone for the want of many personal graces and excuse a thousand in- That live- advertent actions , which would without it occasion 32 LECTURE XXXVI .
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... nature is so striking in its effects , and its influence is so universally felt , that every vote must be unanimous to allow its claim , and own it is the disposition , of all others , that mankind the most delight to honour . Yet ...
... nature is so striking in its effects , and its influence is so universally felt , that every vote must be unanimous to allow its claim , and own it is the disposition , of all others , that mankind the most delight to honour . Yet ...
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... nature , which will be as inconsistent as the vicissi- tudes of pleasure and pain , and as variable as the changing accidents of life . But if you would wish , my young friend , to acquire a habit of gentleness , which no alteration can ...
... nature , which will be as inconsistent as the vicissi- tudes of pleasure and pain , and as variable as the changing accidents of life . But if you would wish , my young friend , to acquire a habit of gentleness , which no alteration can ...
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Page 194 - For I have received of the LORD that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord JESUS, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me.
Page 203 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Page 64 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 96 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 191 - And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 20 - And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Page 182 - But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 240 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Page 202 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, And it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 248 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.