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... virtue ; to strengthen every good propen- sity ; to eradicate all which is evil ? Is it not too often committed to the hands of a mercenary tutor , who , with no view but what he thinks his own interest , neglects his pu- pil , and ...
... virtue ; to strengthen every good propen- sity ; to eradicate all which is evil ? Is it not too often committed to the hands of a mercenary tutor , who , with no view but what he thinks his own interest , neglects his pu- pil , and ...
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... virtue is the only certain means of enjoyment : and in this , and not in the possession of riches , must we seek happiness . Infinite Wisdom has ordained thus it is in the choice of every one to do what is right ; to be rich and ...
... virtue is the only certain means of enjoyment : and in this , and not in the possession of riches , must we seek happiness . Infinite Wisdom has ordained thus it is in the choice of every one to do what is right ; to be rich and ...
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... virtue ever softened his rugged manhood . Declining life , with all its sufferings and its depriva- tions , is not solaced by the hopes of a re- vealed religion ; nor does one mental ray cheer the gloom which in every stage of ex ...
... virtue ever softened his rugged manhood . Declining life , with all its sufferings and its depriva- tions , is not solaced by the hopes of a re- vealed religion ; nor does one mental ray cheer the gloom which in every stage of ex ...
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... virtues which are social . Where ma- lice reigns , there reigns misery : with envy , with sour discontent , there is found the pestilential vapour which blights all around . In the poor , these vices take all which is good from their ...
... virtues which are social . Where ma- lice reigns , there reigns misery : with envy , with sour discontent , there is found the pestilential vapour which blights all around . In the poor , these vices take all which is good from their ...
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... virtues of each are the same . It is but too common in every promised good or threatened evil , to look not to our- selves , but to some adventitious circum- stance for their accomplishment . The text which has been chosen for the ...
... virtues of each are the same . It is but too common in every promised good or threatened evil , to look not to our- selves , but to some adventitious circum- stance for their accomplishment . The text which has been chosen for the ...
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Page 70 - The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground ? 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Page 41 - And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
Page 11 - For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of Hosts, is his name.
Page 109 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother ; and slew him.
Page 21 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Page 125 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 38 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 39 - Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever.
Page 108 - And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
Page 84 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain...