Congratulations and counsels, a book for birthdaysWard & Company, 1848 - 101 pages |
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... thee . Thy hoary head is not a crown of glory , because not found in the way of righteousness . Yet on this thy birthday let mercy once more reason with thee . Thou must become a little child in order to enter into the kingdom of heaven ...
... thee . Thy hoary head is not a crown of glory , because not found in the way of righteousness . Yet on this thy birthday let mercy once more reason with thee . Thou must become a little child in order to enter into the kingdom of heaven ...
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... thee , And reign with thee above . The future I to thee commit , O guide me with thine eye ; My bliss be at thy feet to sit , Then ' twill be gain to die . THE FOOLISH BARGAIN . " Esau for one morsel of meat sold his birthright ...
... thee , And reign with thee above . The future I to thee commit , O guide me with thine eye ; My bliss be at thy feet to sit , Then ' twill be gain to die . THE FOOLISH BARGAIN . " Esau for one morsel of meat sold his birthright ...
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... thee go , Not with a gloomy , proud , ascetic mind , That loves thee still , and only hates mankind ; Reverse the line , and that my temper be , To love mankind , and pour contempt on thee . " THE WONDROUS PROPOSAL AND WISE PRAYER ...
... thee go , Not with a gloomy , proud , ascetic mind , That loves thee still , and only hates mankind ; Reverse the line , and that my temper be , To love mankind , and pour contempt on thee . " THE WONDROUS PROPOSAL AND WISE PRAYER ...
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... thee . ” — 1 Kings iii . 5 . " Give thy servant an understanding heart . " - 1 Kings iii . 9 . THE four first kings who reigned over Israel , furnish a very profitable study for young men . In Saul , they may trace the subtle workings ...
... thee . ” — 1 Kings iii . 5 . " Give thy servant an understanding heart . " - 1 Kings iii . 9 . THE four first kings who reigned over Israel , furnish a very profitable study for young men . In Saul , they may trace the subtle workings ...
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... thee . " If a very rich person were thus to address you on the morning of your birthday , would you not think yourself highly favoured ; and if he had already done much for you and others , would you not feel embold- ened to present ...
... thee . " If a very rich person were thus to address you on the morning of your birthday , would you not think yourself highly favoured ; and if he had already done much for you and others , would you not feel embold- ened to present ...
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Page 15 - New mercies each returning day Hover around us while we pray — New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
Page 57 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Page 50 - Lord: 15 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; " lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. " For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 6 - For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
Page 52 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season : esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt ; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 37 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 76 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 31 - Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 65 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 11 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.