What to do, and how to do it; or, Morals and manners taught by examples |
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... , po- lite , affectionate , cheerful , pleasant to others .. If all would observe this beautiful rule , which Christ himself has given us , how happy should we be , and how happy should we make. 6 DO AS YOU WOULD Do as you would be done ...
... , po- lite , affectionate , cheerful , pleasant to others .. If all would observe this beautiful rule , which Christ himself has given us , how happy should we be , and how happy should we make. 6 DO AS YOU WOULD Do as you would be done ...
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... rule would work , let me tell you a story , -a true one : The horse of a pious man happening to stray into the road , his neighbour put him into the pound . Meeting the owner soon after , he told him what he had done ; " and if I catch ...
... rule would work , let me tell you a story , -a true one : The horse of a pious man happening to stray into the road , his neighbour put him into the pound . Meeting the owner soon after , he told him what he had done ; " and if I catch ...
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... of perfect obedience to the rule of right . And yet , if a person can once make up his mind to do right , it is the surest way to obtain happiness . I shall endeavour to illustrate this by 16 THE CHOICE , The Choice, or Good and Evil.
... of perfect obedience to the rule of right . And yet , if a person can once make up his mind to do right , it is the surest way to obtain happiness . I shall endeavour to illustrate this by 16 THE CHOICE , The Choice, or Good and Evil.
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... be done to - day ; Ne'er do the thing you ' d wish undone , View'd by to - morrow's rising sun . Observe these Rules a single pear , And you may freely enter here . ” 2 The two youths were much struck by these lines ; 18 THE CHOICE ,
... be done to - day ; Ne'er do the thing you ' d wish undone , View'd by to - morrow's rising sun . Observe these Rules a single pear , And you may freely enter here . ” 2 The two youths were much struck by these lines ; 18 THE CHOICE ,
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... rule they had adopted required an almost total change of their modes of life ; and this taught them , what they had not felt . before , that a very large part of their lives -a very large share of their thoughts , feelings and actions ...
... rule they had adopted required an almost total change of their modes of life ; and this taught them , what they had not felt . before , that a very large part of their lives -a very large share of their thoughts , feelings and actions ...
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Page 138 - Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 137 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Page 138 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 20 - It is a tree of life to those that lay hold on it ; and the supporters thereof are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.
Page 137 - So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 137 - And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
Page 58 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so ; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature to.
Page 137 - And one went in and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Page 148 - I am afraid, and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would turn your horse's head and ride back to the camp." As they had not advanced far, the other, indignant, returned to Wellington to tell the story, and to ask for a worthier companion. " Clap spurs to your horse," was Wellington's reply, " or the business will be done by your cowardly companion before you get there.
Page 102 - In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.