Twenty Essays on the Practical Improvement of God's Providential Dispensations, as Means of Moral Discipline to the ChristianR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 - 191 Seiten |
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... Cheerfulness also has its own temptations , to forgetfulness , levity , and worldliness . None can know of another's heart what he knows of his own : those secret conceptions of evil which have lurked within or produced open sin , those ...
... Cheerfulness also has its own temptations , to forgetfulness , levity , and worldliness . None can know of another's heart what he knows of his own : those secret conceptions of evil which have lurked within or produced open sin , those ...
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... cheerful spirits of childhood , as day after day brought new friends and new information , our heart whispered still of a brighter to - morrow . But that period had its sorrows , more transient in duration , yet keen as those of riper ...
... cheerful spirits of childhood , as day after day brought new friends and new information , our heart whispered still of a brighter to - morrow . But that period had its sorrows , more transient in duration , yet keen as those of riper ...
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... cheerful company , are among the mercies for which a Christian who enjoys them , will frequently and heartily thank God . But that man's notions must be low indeed of rational enjoyment , who can take the negative pleasure of rest , the ...
... cheerful company , are among the mercies for which a Christian who enjoys them , will frequently and heartily thank God . But that man's notions must be low indeed of rational enjoyment , who can take the negative pleasure of rest , the ...
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... cheerful perform- ance of the ordinary duties of our station , day by day , as they occur . And herein as lively a faith , and as stedfast a hope , may be exercised and testified , as in the endurance of a missionary's hardships , or a ...
... cheerful perform- ance of the ordinary duties of our station , day by day , as they occur . And herein as lively a faith , and as stedfast a hope , may be exercised and testified , as in the endurance of a missionary's hardships , or a ...
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... cheerful , proves the influence of our principles upon our practice , shows that we are indeed the children of God , and that Divine Grace allows not sin to have dominion over us . Perhaps one reason why we bear life's little ills so ...
... cheerful , proves the influence of our principles upon our practice , shows that we are indeed the children of God , and that Divine Grace allows not sin to have dominion over us . Perhaps one reason why we bear life's little ills so ...
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1st Samuel affection affliction afford Babylonian captivity beautiful Bible biography blessing cast cation character cheerful Christ Christian church circum circumstances clouds conversation danger darkness David death delight Divine grace Divine Providence earth enjoyment eternity everlasting evil excite exercise experience faculties faith fancy fear feeling friendship God's glory habits happiness heart heaven Holy hope human idolatry ILIAD imagination immortal improvement influence intellectual intercourse interest Jonathan Jonathan and David judgment kind knowledge learned light living Lord means of grace meekness mental mercy mighty to save mind moral nations natural ness object pain passing passions peculiar perhaps persons pious pleasure poverty prayer prove providential render righteousness sabbath saints Satan Scrip Scripture sense sickness sins social society sometimes sorrow soul spirit sympathy talent tempest temptations THAMES DITTON thee things thou thought tion truth unto words worldly worship zoophyte
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 163 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
Seite 86 - The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. The wind goeth towards the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Seite 114 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Seite 57 - Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Seite 112 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Seite 152 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Seite 117 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Seite 153 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Seite 163 - Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary f There is no searching of his understanding.
Seite 87 - All things are full of labour, man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.