Discourses on Various SubjectsD. Felt & Company, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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Página 17
... less happy . You may make the distinction in your own mind . You may say " I am glad he is happy ; but I am sorry he has the place ; I wish he could be as happy in some other situation . " Now , all this , so far from being malignant ...
... less happy . You may make the distinction in your own mind . You may say " I am glad he is happy ; but I am sorry he has the place ; I wish he could be as happy in some other situation . " Now , all this , so far from being malignant ...
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... less , are , alas ! sinful and bad . I know that the catalogue of human transgressions is long , and dark , and mournful . The words , pride , and envy , and anger , and selfishness , and base indulgence , are words of lamentation ...
... less , are , alas ! sinful and bad . I know that the catalogue of human transgressions is long , and dark , and mournful . The words , pride , and envy , and anger , and selfishness , and base indulgence , are words of lamentation ...
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... less , or to make him easier in reference to that solemn , spiritual trust that is com- mitted to his nature ; but the very contrary . It is not to make him think less of his sins , but more . It is not in fine to build up any one ...
... less , or to make him easier in reference to that solemn , spiritual trust that is com- mitted to his nature ; but the very contrary . It is not to make him think less of his sins , but more . It is not in fine to build up any one ...
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... less human , and show the stock from which they spring . When you look over a grain - field , and see some parts more luxuriant than others , do you say , that they are of a different nature from the rest ? And when you look abroad upon ...
... less human , and show the stock from which they spring . When you look over a grain - field , and see some parts more luxuriant than others , do you say , that they are of a different nature from the rest ? And when you look abroad upon ...
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... less true , —does not that feeling make it more true , that such a nature is wronged by base and selfish passions ? Or , because it is a man's self , because it is his own soul that he has most injured ; because he has not only wronged ...
... less true , —does not that feeling make it more true , that such a nature is wronged by base and selfish passions ? Or , because it is a man's self , because it is his own soul that he has most injured ; because he has not only wronged ...
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admiration affections amidst answer art thou awaken awful beauty believe blessed breath brethren cern character children of men Christian cold conscience creature dark death DISCOURSE divine divine grace doubt duty dwell earth earthly eternity evil faith fear feeling forms friends future gion glorious glory God's Gospel habit happiness heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indifference indulgence infinite interest irreligion language light live look meditation ment mercy mind misery moral moral universe ness never noble objects pass passions perhaps piety pity pleasure prayer principle racter rational reason religion religious sensibility repeat retribution scene selfish sense sensual sinful sinner sleep solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strong sublime suffer sure teaching thee thing thou THOU ART MINDFUL thought timate tion toil true truth turb virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong
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Página 227 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Página 290 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Página 281 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh.
Página 221 - But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Página 232 - If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin.
Página 238 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Página 294 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Página 187 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Página 92 - Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, &c.
Página 254 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? with the years beyond the flood.