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... sorrow which is sent to the human heart is sent in love , to promote real and permanent enjoy- ment . He never willingly afflicts . When the heart is crushed with the heaviest weight of affliction , the voice of God de- clares , that ...
... sorrow which is sent to the human heart is sent in love , to promote real and permanent enjoy- ment . He never willingly afflicts . When the heart is crushed with the heaviest weight of affliction , the voice of God de- clares , that ...
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... sorrow , and to fill the dwelling with the most rapturous joy . And why does not God do it ? Because he loves to see his children happy . He has perhaps tried all other means to wean this mother's heart from sin , that she might be ...
... sorrow , and to fill the dwelling with the most rapturous joy . And why does not God do it ? Because he loves to see his children happy . He has perhaps tried all other means to wean this mother's heart from sin , that she might be ...
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... sorrow . In a few days call in to that dwelling again , and perhaps you will see the mother calm and peaceful . She speaks of God and heaven , in a man- ner which shows you at once that she has entered a new world of joy . She smiles ...
... sorrow . In a few days call in to that dwelling again , and perhaps you will see the mother calm and peaceful . She speaks of God and heaven , in a man- ner which shows you at once that she has entered a new world of joy . She smiles ...
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... sorrow can be found . They have forsaken the plain path which God marked out for them , and , entering the wilderness of forbidden allure- ments , have wandered and perished amid its glooms . MERRIMENT IS NOT HAPPINESS . 7.
... sorrow can be found . They have forsaken the plain path which God marked out for them , and , entering the wilderness of forbidden allure- ments , have wandered and perished amid its glooms . MERRIMENT IS NOT HAPPINESS . 7.
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... sorrow , and not to joy . When He enjoins upon us any duty , or any act of self - denial , it is be- cause obedience to that injunction will promote the reign of peace and joy in the heart . But the fashionable lady , in the whirl of ...
... sorrow , and not to joy . When He enjoins upon us any duty , or any act of self - denial , it is be- cause obedience to that injunction will promote the reign of peace and joy in the heart . But the fashionable lady , in the whirl of ...
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The Path of Peace: Or a Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness John S. C. Abbott No preview available - 2015 |
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The Path of Peace: Or, a Practical Guide to Duty and Happiness John Stevens Cabot Abbott No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 24 - Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business ; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints ; given to hospitality.
Page 13 - Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer ; The desert Thy temptations knew, Thy conflict and Thy victory too. 4 Be Thou my pattern ; make me bear More of Thy gracious image here ; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name Among the followers of the Lamb.
Page 109 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares.
Page 18 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 155 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 24 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another...
Page 93 - I have seen,' says this man of the world, " the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss.
Page 159 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 60 - God, which should come between her and him, though it should be like plucking out a right eye or cutting off" a right hand ? Must she not now choose between God and man, between religion and love ? She must. I mean not to say that this was sound reasoning ; but I apprehend that it requires no deep insight into human nature, to be made aware that in many individuals, religion is a much stronger passion than love, and...
Page 157 - They know, indeed, at what hour they may beat the door of an acquaintance, how many steps they must attend him towards the gate, and what interval should pass before his visit is returned ; but seldom extend their care beyond the exterior and unessential parts of civility, nor refuse their own vanity any gratification, however expensive to the quiet of another.