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... whole . space of existence is before him ; but not even the first cravings of nature can be satisfied but at the expense of renewed toil . When that toil is ended , no cottage receives him ; no humble couch is spread by the hand 4 ...
... whole . space of existence is before him ; but not even the first cravings of nature can be satisfied but at the expense of renewed toil . When that toil is ended , no cottage receives him ; no humble couch is spread by the hand 4 ...
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... humble me- morial is destroyed by the claims of another inhabitant . ever . And is this indeed the whole history of the poor ? Are they born to suffering , to deprivation , to scorn , and to neglect , —and LECTURE I. 5.
... humble me- morial is destroyed by the claims of another inhabitant . ever . And is this indeed the whole history of the poor ? Are they born to suffering , to deprivation , to scorn , and to neglect , —and LECTURE I. 5.
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... whole body . Should one member cease to perform its functions , the whole frame is deranged ; the languid head reclines on the sickly pillow , and pain and suffering become our sad companions . We breathe the un- accustomed prayer ...
... whole body . Should one member cease to perform its functions , the whole frame is deranged ; the languid head reclines on the sickly pillow , and pain and suffering become our sad companions . We breathe the un- accustomed prayer ...
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... him , of all which history presents to his imagination , is often struck by many circumstances which seem to wound every better feeling . When we read of whole nations exterminated for the wickedness and impiety 22 SUNDAY LECTURES .
... him , of all which history presents to his imagination , is often struck by many circumstances which seem to wound every better feeling . When we read of whole nations exterminated for the wickedness and impiety 22 SUNDAY LECTURES .
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M. Hurry. read of whole nations exterminated for the wickedness and impiety of their kings , we cannot believe that every individual of those nations had merited the displeasure of Heaven . The infant sleeping on the breast of its mother ...
M. Hurry. read of whole nations exterminated for the wickedness and impiety of their kings , we cannot believe that every individual of those nations had merited the displeasure of Heaven . The infant sleeping on the breast of its mother ...
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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...