Practical Hints to Honest Hearts: On Some of the Many Ways and Means of Doing Good : in a Number of Letters to Sundry Females |
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... blessing of Providence , it may be resumed , and extended further than barely to the fe- male sex , many of whom have already , especially in this country , made rapid and unparalleled advances by their exertions in behalf of ruined man ...
... blessing of Providence , it may be resumed , and extended further than barely to the fe- male sex , many of whom have already , especially in this country , made rapid and unparalleled advances by their exertions in behalf of ruined man ...
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... bless- ed word , and meditating on the things which pertain to that unseen world , towards which you and I are fast ... blessings , and your many and peculiar trials , and almost envy you the superior happiness of your quiet con- dition ...
... bless- ed word , and meditating on the things which pertain to that unseen world , towards which you and I are fast ... blessings , and your many and peculiar trials , and almost envy you the superior happiness of your quiet con- dition ...
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... blessing , incalculable good ; especially your dear son and daugh- ter - in - law , with whom you have long lived in ... blessings of eternal salvation . Thus he may be at last , of all men the most miserable ; separated from his dear ...
... blessing , incalculable good ; especially your dear son and daugh- ter - in - law , with whom you have long lived in ... blessings of eternal salvation . Thus he may be at last , of all men the most miserable ; separated from his dear ...
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... blessing , might pre- vent ; to credit the united testimony of the wise and good , and , above all , the word of wisdom and eternal truth ? And will you not read to them yourself the following passages ? Prov . xiii . 24. & xxxiii . 13 ...
... blessing , might pre- vent ; to credit the united testimony of the wise and good , and , above all , the word of wisdom and eternal truth ? And will you not read to them yourself the following passages ? Prov . xiii . 24. & xxxiii . 13 ...
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... blessing , for extensive and eminent usefulness in their day and generation . You will now willingly , and I think pro- perly , leave your sons to the direction of a faithful and affectionate partner , and come with me to view for a few ...
... blessing , for extensive and eminent usefulness in their day and generation . You will now willingly , and I think pro- perly , leave your sons to the direction of a faithful and affectionate partner , and come with me to view for a few ...
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Page 132 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Page 131 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Page 28 - ... foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him...
Page 41 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 28 - He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Page 15 - The path of the just is as the shining light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Page 160 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 92 - Pray ye the Lord of the Harvest, that He would send forth labourers into His harvest — from that moment, Prayer for this object has never ceased to be the Duty of every Christian.
Page 118 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Page 164 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name ; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.