A Juvenile Guide, or manual of good manners ... By Lovers of YouthPrinted in the United Society, 1844 - 131 pages |
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... walk safely , gain the esteem of others , and give great encouragement of be- ing useful and agreeable when grown up to manhood . 3. Now if obedience is highly necessary in natural things , why not in spiritual things ? Has a child or ...
... walk safely , gain the esteem of others , and give great encouragement of be- ing useful and agreeable when grown up to manhood . 3. Now if obedience is highly necessary in natural things , why not in spiritual things ? Has a child or ...
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... walking over a miry , boggy place , where one must watch every step , or most surely get into the mire . He who acts , or talks without thinking what he is about , or of the consequence thereof , is like one who dashes along , neither ...
... walking over a miry , boggy place , where one must watch every step , or most surely get into the mire . He who acts , or talks without thinking what he is about , or of the consequence thereof , is like one who dashes along , neither ...
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... walk- ing uprightly , and agreeably in the sight of those with whom we are connected ? And how are virtuous deeds performed , but by self - denial , and restraint upon the present cravings of every evil passion , and carefully shunning ...
... walk- ing uprightly , and agreeably in the sight of those with whom we are connected ? And how are virtuous deeds performed , but by self - denial , and restraint upon the present cravings of every evil passion , and carefully shunning ...
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... walk the road to happiness ; if any ever find it , it will be by their own exertions . 13. But look at it once , what do you think would be the state of things , if there were no urgent means taken to restrain creatures within the ...
... walk the road to happiness ; if any ever find it , it will be by their own exertions . 13. But look at it once , what do you think would be the state of things , if there were no urgent means taken to restrain creatures within the ...
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... walk the path of truth and virtue , and labor for your own good , ruin is your certain fate , as well as we know that unless a man works for his own living , or some one does it for him , starvation is the sure result . 21. If you were ...
... walk the path of truth and virtue , and labor for your own good , ruin is your certain fate , as well as we know that unless a man works for his own living , or some one does it for him , starvation is the sure result . 21. If you were ...
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Popular passages
Page 38 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 54 - For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not 1 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all . are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Page 62 - True wit, or sense, never yet made anybody laugh ; they are above it : they please the mind, and give a cheerfulness to the countenance. But it is low buffoonery, or silly accidents, that always excite laughter ; and that is what people of sense and breeding should show themselves above.
Page 71 - ... have despised his mercy, and persisted in rebellion against him : when all the hidden things of darkness shall be brought to light, and the counsels of the heart...
Page 37 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 80 - In disputes be not so desirous to overcome, as not to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion, and submit to the judgment of the major part, especially if they are judges of the dispute.
Page 131 - For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, and bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
Page 131 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Page 53 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 131 - He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory; and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless. They that serve her shall minister to the Holy One: and them that love her the Lord doth love.