Tales of early piety, by two sisters1836 |
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... character shone forth with peculiar brilliancy . He felt deeply the importance of that office to which his Lord had called him ; and in the sincerest humility prayed to his divine Master to enlighten his understanding , and purify and ...
... character shone forth with peculiar brilliancy . He felt deeply the importance of that office to which his Lord had called him ; and in the sincerest humility prayed to his divine Master to enlighten his understanding , and purify and ...
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... character proceeds , he might have made a good and happy husband ; but she , alas ! was far from possessing that " pearl of great price , " true religion . Continued dis- putes were the consequences of this ill - as- sorted union . They ...
... character proceeds , he might have made a good and happy husband ; but she , alas ! was far from possessing that " pearl of great price , " true religion . Continued dis- putes were the consequences of this ill - as- sorted union . They ...
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... character was not free from deceit . This , of all others , is one of the most dangerous vices : deceitful children ought never to be trusted alone , for they are led on to commit fault after fault , until some great crime is most ...
... character was not free from deceit . This , of all others , is one of the most dangerous vices : deceitful children ought never to be trusted alone , for they are led on to commit fault after fault , until some great crime is most ...
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... characters , or our fortune , shall be granted . Never deceive me ; for if you do , disgrace and shame will ever be the consequence . When- ever you feel tempted to do so , pray ear- nestly to be protected from so base a crime . " Mr ...
... characters , or our fortune , shall be granted . Never deceive me ; for if you do , disgrace and shame will ever be the consequence . When- ever you feel tempted to do so , pray ear- nestly to be protected from so base a crime . " Mr ...
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... character of this gentleman ; and it was arranged for him to take up his abode there the following June , as there would be no vacancy before . The little girls were much pleased to hear their brother would not be obliged to leave them ...
... character of this gentleman ; and it was arranged for him to take up his abode there the following June , as there would be no vacancy before . The little girls were much pleased to hear their brother would not be obliged to leave them ...
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Page 131 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? ,for after all these things do the Gentiles seek ; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Page 130 - No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment...
Page 218 - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Page 184 - I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and for them at Laodicea and for as many as have not seen my face in the , flesh ; that their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches -of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Page 35 - Jesus saith unto him] : — Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father...
Page 151 - I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Page 190 - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works
Page 35 - Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, And my servant whom I have chosen: That ye may know and believe me, And understand that I am he: Before me there was no God formed, Neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; And beside me there is no saviour.
Page 35 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Page 112 - See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.