Sermons to ChildrenAmerican Unitarian Association, 1868 - 412 pages |
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... you grow older ? And is it not pleasant to exercise your affections , that is , to love your friends , and be loved by them , and to be kind and grateful and generous ? Is not all this pleasant 12 SERMONS TO CHILDREN .
... you grow older ? And is it not pleasant to exercise your affections , that is , to love your friends , and be loved by them , and to be kind and grateful and generous ? Is not all this pleasant 12 SERMONS TO CHILDREN .
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... friends and of lis- tening angels , and of God who made you , and made you to be good and happy . - You have a great many teachers , to instruct you in spiritual music . Some of them are visible ; such as your parents and your min ...
... friends and of lis- tening angels , and of God who made you , and made you to be good and happy . - You have a great many teachers , to instruct you in spiritual music . Some of them are visible ; such as your parents and your min ...
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... friends to take care of me , and so many excellent and beautiful things to see and en- joy , and who gives me his love , which is better than all ? Can I not do something for him ? No ; you can do nothing for him in the way of helping ...
... friends to take care of me , and so many excellent and beautiful things to see and en- joy , and who gives me his love , which is better than all ? Can I not do something for him ? No ; you can do nothing for him in the way of helping ...
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... friends ? Certainly . Speech is a noble gift . But who gave it to you ? God . How then can you use it better than in speaking to God ? Speak to him then . Pray to your Father in words . Do not speak of everything but of Him who gave you ...
... friends ? Certainly . Speech is a noble gift . But who gave it to you ? God . How then can you use it better than in speaking to God ? Speak to him then . Pray to your Father in words . Do not speak of everything but of Him who gave you ...
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... friend ; and if they do not thank him for those things , they are very ungrateful to their kind- est benefactor . Then again , you may pray for things which God may not grant to you . But this is not because he does not hear you , or ...
... friend ; and if they do not thank him for those things , they are very ungrateful to their kind- est benefactor . Then again , you may pray for things which God may not grant to you . But this is not because he does not hear you , or ...
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Page 126 - Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
Page 97 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Page 126 - I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; the third day he rose again from the dead...
Page 88 - OH ! say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain, That the young mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain.
Page 71 - And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Page 28 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Page 130 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 100 - Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Page 130 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 130 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord tl1 God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work...