The claims of Christian philanthropy; or, The duty of a Christian government with respect to moral and religious education [&c.]. |
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... . Without them , every scheme of charity withers and falls off , like unripe fruit , before its maturity . We cannot be too much humbled in our own esteem , or form too low an estimate of our own insufficiency , for in proportion as 13.
... . Without them , every scheme of charity withers and falls off , like unripe fruit , before its maturity . We cannot be too much humbled in our own esteem , or form too low an estimate of our own insufficiency , for in proportion as 13.
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... fall on the heads of the guilty offenders against the laws of Religion and Morality ; nor yet be delayed too long , both in mercy to the guilty , and in pity for the de- luded victims of their deep - laid snares . Should any object to ...
... fall on the heads of the guilty offenders against the laws of Religion and Morality ; nor yet be delayed too long , both in mercy to the guilty , and in pity for the de- luded victims of their deep - laid snares . Should any object to ...
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... fall , such the moral disease which has spread its contagion on every side , and for which the Gospel of Christ is the only effectual remedy , which blessed means of restoration , though so freely offered to all by its Divine Author ...
... fall , such the moral disease which has spread its contagion on every side , and for which the Gospel of Christ is the only effectual remedy , which blessed means of restoration , though so freely offered to all by its Divine Author ...
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... falling into the hands of infidel leaders , men whose knowledge is not only dissociated from , but in open hos- tility to religion . How great then is the obligation which lies upon the Government of a country , not only to foster and ...
... falling into the hands of infidel leaders , men whose knowledge is not only dissociated from , but in open hos- tility to religion . How great then is the obligation which lies upon the Government of a country , not only to foster and ...
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... fall . When once the national faith and public principle is affected with decay , when public men cease to regard the laws of virtue and morality , there is at least a step gained towards the degradation of the State , and eventually ...
... fall . When once the national faith and public principle is affected with decay , when public men cease to regard the laws of virtue and morality , there is at least a step gained towards the degradation of the State , and eventually ...
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Page 89 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their hahitation, tchich sing among the branches.
Page 89 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 232 - 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, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 133 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 89 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 249 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 209 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 240 - Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ; but the rich in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Page 134 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Page 133 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.