| Stephen Laidler, James William Massie - 1827 - 440 páginas
...have not received? You owe all to him who loved you, and gave himself for you. There is that which scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. How much would you give to save one widow from the flames ? Oh ! if you had witnessed this sad exhibition... | |
| Eli Meeker (Rev) - 1827 - 414 páginas
...our unspeakable privilege : Let sweet charity attend our door, And smiling mercy bless the pooi. . There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than Is meet ; but i£ tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat ; and he that watereth, shall be watered... | |
| Canonicus - 1828 - 164 páginas
...from the east and the west ? Are Unitarians ignorant of the first principle of Orthodox benevolence, " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty " 1 Who will go to New Holland, to Borneo, to Ava ? Who will take up his shivering abode among the... | |
| 1828 - 1042 páginas
...discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good :• but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 tendelh to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered also... | |
| 1828
...not. Then shall he say unto them, depart," &c. &c. " There is that scattereth, and yet increascth , and there is that withholdeth more than is meet; but it tendeth to eternal poverty." I have oniy to add my hope that the benevolence and liberality which ever characterize... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1828 - 356 páginas
...blessing, all is childish and fantastical. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; und there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."* If this were felt and understood as it ought, we should see less eagerness, rapacity and selfishness... | |
| John Everitt Good - 1829 - 692 páginas
...an improvement would then take place in the moral world ! Ponder, my brethren, these Scriptures: " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."* " Thou shalt surely give to thy brother, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto... | |
| 1830 - 282 páginas
...twenty four, shall be devoted to exercise. Never could it be said with more truth than in this case ; " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Many and many a youthful martyr has found it so. I may add, that... | |
| 1829 - 532 páginas
...twenty four, shall be devoted to exercise. Never could it be said with more truth than in this case ; " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tfmdeth to poverty." Many and many a youthful martyr has found it so. I may »dd, that... | |
| David Dudley Field, Chester Dewey - 1829 - 492 páginas
...that charitable efforts will impoverish us as a people. No facts exist that justify the apprehension. There is that scattereth' and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty. Individuals habitually engaged in doing good, are often signally blessed... | |
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