Memoirs, Including Letters, and Select Remains, of John Urquhart, Late of the University of St. Andrew's, Volume 1 |
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... evil ? taken for granted that the taught to read unless they Lord's - day ? Is not the system which is generally adopted , regarded as the only one likely to suc- ceed ? Hence it is pursued as part of a plan of permanent operation ...
... evil ? taken for granted that the taught to read unless they Lord's - day ? Is not the system which is generally adopted , regarded as the only one likely to suc- ceed ? Hence it is pursued as part of a plan of permanent operation ...
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... evil which they deplore ? is a question it becomes them to consider . Is the obligation to devote the entire day to the sacred exercises of christianity , generally held , and sufficiently felt ? If we lay a foundation in all our ...
... evil which they deplore ? is a question it becomes them to consider . Is the obligation to devote the entire day to the sacred exercises of christianity , generally held , and sufficiently felt ? If we lay a foundation in all our ...
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... evil ; and of relish- ing , in the most exquisite manner , all that was lovely , and pure , and excellent . From the English school he passed in his ninth year , into the Grammar School , then conducted by that respectable scholar , Mr ...
... evil ; and of relish- ing , in the most exquisite manner , all that was lovely , and pure , and excellent . From the English school he passed in his ninth year , into the Grammar School , then conducted by that respectable scholar , Mr ...
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... evil , had been so habitually inculcated from childhood , that the cherishing of these feelings might seem to have acquired the strength of a con- stitutional tendency ; and the abandonment of them would have been like the violent ...
... evil , had been so habitually inculcated from childhood , that the cherishing of these feelings might seem to have acquired the strength of a con- stitutional tendency ; and the abandonment of them would have been like the violent ...
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William Orme. But I fear , in the majority of instances , the evil is to be traced to erroneous ideas of the gospel , in- adequate impressions of divine authority , and to a want of that firm and decided principle which , wherever it ...
William Orme. But I fear , in the majority of instances , the evil is to be traced to erroneous ideas of the gospel , in- adequate impressions of divine authority , and to a want of that firm and decided principle which , wherever it ...
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Page 134 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee ; His visage was so marred more than any man, And his form more than the sons of men...
Page 64 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 11 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 204 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Page 192 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 144 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 171 - EVERY man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.
Page 132 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 61 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 134 - Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire : and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.