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... wanting in a rough , physical vigour , and the courage which it inspires . He was rash but not bold ; he had a vapouring bravery but not true manliness . " Though I should die with thee , " he said to the Master whom he loved BOLDNESS ...
... wanting in a rough , physical vigour , and the courage which it inspires . He was rash but not bold ; he had a vapouring bravery but not true manliness . " Though I should die with thee , " he said to the Master whom he loved BOLDNESS ...
Page 25
... upon the sea ; he was ready for any sacrifice which a generous nature could prompt ; but how sadly wanting in dignity and manliness when he stands trembling before the servant - maid in the palace - hall , denies that he is.
... upon the sea ; he was ready for any sacrifice which a generous nature could prompt ; but how sadly wanting in dignity and manliness when he stands trembling before the servant - maid in the palace - hall , denies that he is.
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... wanting in that cool and fixed purpose which marks true manliness of character . This manly virtue should not be confounded with wilfulness . Stubbornness of will is not strength of character . It is doggedness or mulishness , not ...
... wanting in that cool and fixed purpose which marks true manliness of character . This manly virtue should not be confounded with wilfulness . Stubbornness of will is not strength of character . It is doggedness or mulishness , not ...
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... with other virtues and graces , as a distinct element of the Christian character of life . A man may have a certain faith in Christ , who is yet wanting in a just and commanding reverence toward God . A mind that believes in Christ.
... with other virtues and graces , as a distinct element of the Christian character of life . A man may have a certain faith in Christ , who is yet wanting in a just and commanding reverence toward God . A mind that believes in Christ.
Page 126
... wanting in that godliness of which the apostle speaks . It has not attained to that reverence for God in the holiness of his Being and the purity of his Law , which was felt by Moses , by Isaiah , by David , by Paul , and which , when ...
... wanting in that godliness of which the apostle speaks . It has not attained to that reverence for God in the holiness of his Being and the purity of his Law , which was felt by Moses , by Isaiah , by David , by Paul , and which , when ...
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Page 136 - Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Page 112 - ... filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness...
Page 118 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 127 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 91 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 182 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, " Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet," and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, " Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 30 - Therefore we are always confident; knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Page 190 - Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Page 237 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, Saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Ca:sar : and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.