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... youth in a manner entirely select , and separate from those of other societies ( though here we are but poor , in comparison with you ) ; and if thou knowest of any public spirited friend , who has money to spare , and would send over ...
... youth in a manner entirely select , and separate from those of other societies ( though here we are but poor , in comparison with you ) ; and if thou knowest of any public spirited friend , who has money to spare , and would send over ...
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... youth , the ten- derness of thy heart when first met with ; cherish in thy soul the fresh instance of regard , and be it thy care inwardly to look , and live to the Lord , so shall thy hands be made strong , and thy head be kept above ...
... youth , the ten- derness of thy heart when first met with ; cherish in thy soul the fresh instance of regard , and be it thy care inwardly to look , and live to the Lord , so shall thy hands be made strong , and thy head be kept above ...
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... youth is more especially a dangerous peri- od of life , in which we are more liable to em- brace things that are inconvenient , as well as unlawful , and to be drawn aside by the various temptations , crafty allurements , and unpro ...
... youth is more especially a dangerous peri- od of life , in which we are more liable to em- brace things that are inconvenient , as well as unlawful , and to be drawn aside by the various temptations , crafty allurements , and unpro ...
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... youth ; that I neglected to acquaint myself with God in my younger years , knowing that an early sacrifice , and devotion of heart is acceptable to him : I have consid- cred how many years I lost in unprofitable pursuits , delighting in ...
... youth ; that I neglected to acquaint myself with God in my younger years , knowing that an early sacrifice , and devotion of heart is acceptable to him : I have consid- cred how many years I lost in unprofitable pursuits , delighting in ...
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... youth , ( though in no part of our lives we can be said to be in a state of security free from the at- tempts of the enemy of souls , and therefore a state of watchfulness is necessary to all ages and conditions ) it appears to me ...
... youth , ( though in no part of our lives we can be said to be in a state of security free from the at- tempts of the enemy of souls , and therefore a state of watchfulness is necessary to all ages and conditions ) it appears to me ...
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Page 178 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient...
Page 59 - Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seem to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps, not a very distant dissolution.
Page 133 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
Page 142 - For even hereunto were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 237 - One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. For in the time of trouble he...
Page 14 - Many shall come from the east and west, and sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 243 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...
Page 68 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 60 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Page 158 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.