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... regard it as wholly ne- gative ; almost every one in the most complacent temper tells you that to do as he would be done by is his rule , and he challenges you to prove that it is not his practice also . It would be a very easy matter ...
... regard it as wholly ne- gative ; almost every one in the most complacent temper tells you that to do as he would be done by is his rule , and he challenges you to prove that it is not his practice also . It would be a very easy matter ...
Page 88
... regard to some of us I am at liberty to say it will be , that we shall be removed far away and for ever from the scenes of earthly activity , and hope , and toil . It is true we ought to base our calculations , and to shape our course ...
... regard to some of us I am at liberty to say it will be , that we shall be removed far away and for ever from the scenes of earthly activity , and hope , and toil . It is true we ought to base our calculations , and to shape our course ...
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... number one . Many persons fall into great mistakes with regard to this matter ; they are intensely selfish , and yet , instead of securing their self - interest , they in their selfishness 110 LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE .
... number one . Many persons fall into great mistakes with regard to this matter ; they are intensely selfish , and yet , instead of securing their self - interest , they in their selfishness 110 LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE .
Page 139
... regards the Cheap John as the dearest of all tradesmen , and suspects that a great bargain is a great thief ; he has not been so foolish as to adopt the niggardly policy with those in his employ , but , with a true knowledge of human ...
... regards the Cheap John as the dearest of all tradesmen , and suspects that a great bargain is a great thief ; he has not been so foolish as to adopt the niggardly policy with those in his employ , but , with a true knowledge of human ...
Page 141
... regard to the present life , whose selfishness culminates at last , and reaches its climax in utter neglect of themselves . It is curious to think that a man will exercise the utmost anxiety to have all his property carefully handed ...
... regard to the present life , whose selfishness culminates at last , and reaches its climax in utter neglect of themselves . It is curious to think that a man will exercise the utmost anxiety to have all his property carefully handed ...
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Page 220 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 375 - For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner ; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night...
Page 375 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 281 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 174 - They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick : I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Page 71 - But the Father said to his servants. Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found And they began to be merry.
Page 247 - For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Page 127 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Page 220 - How His first followers and servants sped, The precepts sage they wrote to many a land; How he, who lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand; And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command.
Page 141 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.