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... young , in leading them to admire these traits of character , and in persuading them to adopt them as their own . And I would invite your attention , young reader , to the fol- lowing pages , not merely that you may read them 10 THE ...
... young , in leading them to admire these traits of character , and in persuading them to adopt them as their own . And I would invite your attention , young reader , to the fol- lowing pages , not merely that you may read them 10 THE ...
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... So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth , and thy want as an armed man . " He has also declared , in another place , that " an idle soul shall suffer hunger . " - Young reader , if you would see the full 40 WAY . THE PLEASANT.
... So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth , and thy want as an armed man . " He has also declared , in another place , that " an idle soul shall suffer hunger . " - Young reader , if you would see the full 40 WAY . THE PLEASANT.
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- Young reader , if you would see the full effects of indolence on man , look at some of the uncivilized nations of the present day , the North American Indians , for in- stance . They depend for their living prin- cipally on hunting ...
- Young reader , if you would see the full effects of indolence on man , look at some of the uncivilized nations of the present day , the North American Indians , for in- stance . They depend for their living prin- cipally on hunting ...
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... Young reader , " Love not sleep , lest thou come to poverty ! " But adopt the wise resolution of President Edwards , " Never to lose one moment of time , but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can . " CHAPTER IV ...
... Young reader , " Love not sleep , lest thou come to poverty ! " But adopt the wise resolution of President Edwards , " Never to lose one moment of time , but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can . " CHAPTER IV ...
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... Young reader , will you not always en- deavor to obey the fifth commandment , " Honor thy father and thy mother ! " Strive , then , always to treat them with reverence and respect ; and be careful never to speak of them but in a ...
... Young reader , will you not always en- deavor to obey the fifth commandment , " Honor thy father and thy mother ! " Strive , then , always to treat them with reverence and respect ; and be careful never to speak of them but in a ...
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Page 124 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 17 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 100 - Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 123 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth...
Page 47 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 120 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 61 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 120 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Page 62 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel ; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Page 133 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night : Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God.