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Page xi
... it is not enough the favorite , exclusive object of their life , that they allow other pursuits and interests too much to distract their attention and divide their affec- tions . The other , that they do not believe INTRODUCTION . xi.
... it is not enough the favorite , exclusive object of their life , that they allow other pursuits and interests too much to distract their attention and divide their affec- tions . The other , that they do not believe INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... early partiality for the military profession , for , whilst quite a lad , he would min- gle with the soldiers and march with them ; and having attracted the attention of the officers by the display HIS MILITARY AMUSEMENTS . 21.
... early partiality for the military profession , for , whilst quite a lad , he would min- gle with the soldiers and march with them ; and having attracted the attention of the officers by the display HIS MILITARY AMUSEMENTS . 21.
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... attention of the officers by the display of his knowledge respecting sieges and battles , he obtained permission to join them in their exercises . His father , however , having destined him to a learned profession , at length interfered ...
... attention of the officers by the display of his knowledge respecting sieges and battles , he obtained permission to join them in their exercises . His father , however , having destined him to a learned profession , at length interfered ...
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... attention was a small bed , standing in one cor- ner of the room ; covered with brown paper - hang- ings . That would just suit the Steinthal , " said he to himself . On approaching the bed , he found Oberlin lying upon it , and ...
... attention was a small bed , standing in one cor- ner of the room ; covered with brown paper - hang- ings . That would just suit the Steinthal , " said he to himself . On approaching the bed , he found Oberlin lying upon it , and ...
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... attention ; - prayer and the Holy Scriptures . I find it necessary , in order to keep up habitual communion with God , and to fan the spirit of Christianity in my own bosom , to have constant recourse to them . " It is by reading the ...
... attention ; - prayer and the Holy Scriptures . I find it necessary , in order to keep up habitual communion with God , and to fan the spirit of Christianity in my own bosom , to have constant recourse to them . " It is by reading the ...
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Page 129 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 263 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 210 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 238 - 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. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Page 130 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Page 211 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 203 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 284 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 129 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 277 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.