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We should not , however , let the remembrance of our past conduct in the days of
our ignorance so operate as to embit . ter our present comfort . If in times past we
have done evil to any , let us now become their friends , and demonstrate the ...
We should not , however , let the remembrance of our past conduct in the days of
our ignorance so operate as to embit . ter our present comfort . If in times past we
have done evil to any , let us now become their friends , and demonstrate the ...
Page 114
When man awakes from this awful state of death and ignorance , and takes a
survey of himself , and of the obligations he is under to God , he is filled with the
deepest remorse to find that his nature is so corrupt , that his affections have
been so ...
When man awakes from this awful state of death and ignorance , and takes a
survey of himself , and of the obligations he is under to God , he is filled with the
deepest remorse to find that his nature is so corrupt , that his affections have
been so ...
Page 172
He begins to see his own ignorance , and to feel his own weakness . At first , like
a traveller in the valley , his views were confined ; but as he ascends the mount ,
the prospect widens , and objects innumerable press upon his sight . From the ...
He begins to see his own ignorance , and to feel his own weakness . At first , like
a traveller in the valley , his views were confined ; but as he ascends the mount ,
the prospect widens , and objects innumerable press upon his sight . From the ...
Page 208
Freely acknowledge your ignorance , and be not above asking instruction from
your superiors . Sit down at the feet of others , and you shall be saved from many
unhappy circumstances which those haye been involved in , who chose rather to
...
Freely acknowledge your ignorance , and be not above asking instruction from
your superiors . Sit down at the feet of others , and you shall be saved from many
unhappy circumstances which those haye been involved in , who chose rather to
...
Page 252
It is true , he sees more of his own ignorance , but it leads him to appreciate that
light which alone can direct to eternal felicity . The nearer he approaches to the
fountain of intelligence , the more he is humbled under a sense of his own ...
It is true , he sees more of his own ignorance , but it leads him to appreciate that
light which alone can direct to eternal felicity . The nearer he approaches to the
fountain of intelligence , the more he is humbled under a sense of his own ...
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Page 280 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Page 179 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 313 - But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all : and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest ; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 270 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Page 290 - FOR a closer walk with God ! A. calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 167 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Page 254 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Page 281 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 68 - Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
Page 200 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.