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... tion and bigotry , together with a numerous train of evil dispositions , take possession of the heart , from which it is very difficult to eradicate them , even when the judgment is convinced of their impropriety ? To make proper ...
... tion and bigotry , together with a numerous train of evil dispositions , take possession of the heart , from which it is very difficult to eradicate them , even when the judgment is convinced of their impropriety ? To make proper ...
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... tion of one single family may eventually contribute towards it . And that while the fruits of her labour are a rich compensation of peace , virtue and contentment , which may descend through generations yet unborn , she will herself ...
... tion of one single family may eventually contribute towards it . And that while the fruits of her labour are a rich compensation of peace , virtue and contentment , which may descend through generations yet unborn , she will herself ...
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... tion , amply repaid her for the pains which she had taken to cultivate her mind . Be- sides fortitude under real sufferings , exem- plary piety , and an excellent understanding , she was possessed of a remarkably generous disposition ...
... tion , amply repaid her for the pains which she had taken to cultivate her mind . Be- sides fortitude under real sufferings , exem- plary piety , and an excellent understanding , she was possessed of a remarkably generous disposition ...
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... . they were then in a very degraded situa- tion , he preferred associating with them , that he might partake of the blessings in store for the nation to which he belonged . It remains to be a fixed principle , that if 23.
... . they were then in a very degraded situa- tion , he preferred associating with them , that he might partake of the blessings in store for the nation to which he belonged . It remains to be a fixed principle , that if 23.
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... tion of that Holy Spirit , which is love itself . And how many more of the votaries of reli- gion should we then see holding forth to the world this animating language - The ways of virtue are ways of pleasure , and in pursuing her ...
... tion of that Holy Spirit , which is love itself . And how many more of the votaries of reli- gion should we then see holding forth to the world this animating language - The ways of virtue are ways of pleasure , and in pursuing her ...
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Page 12 - WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 12 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 14 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab : for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Page 13 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Page 27 - If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
Page 37 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Page 38 - ... for his servants. The place where I sat, and the sweetness that attended my mind, remain fresh in my memory. This, and the like gracious visitations, had...
Page 47 - Let your moderation be known to all men : the Lord is at hand.
Page 78 - Being but badly supplied with printed books, the Icelanders are under the necessity of copying such as they can get the loan of, which sufficiently accounts for the fact, that most of them write a hand equal in beauty to that of the ablest writing-masters in other parts of Europe.
Page 14 - And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.