Lectures to Young Men: On the Formation of Character, & C ... Addressed to the Young Men of Hartford and New Haven |
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... effects of your conduct , long after you shall have gone to render up your account at his bar . How imperious , to beings in such a state , is the duty of consideration ! How wise , how all- important to inquire , -What am I , and what ...
... effects of your conduct , long after you shall have gone to render up your account at his bar . How imperious , to beings in such a state , is the duty of consideration ! How wise , how all- important to inquire , -What am I , and what ...
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... effects of your principles and your conduct . You are so connected with the immortal be- ings around you , and with those who are to come after you , that you cannot avoid exert- ing a most important influence over their character and ...
... effects of your principles and your conduct . You are so connected with the immortal be- ings around you , and with those who are to come after you , that you cannot avoid exert- ing a most important influence over their character and ...
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... ; and they have no doubt , they can easily effect an escape , whenever danger appears ; but ere they are aware , they are arrested by the iron g asp of habit , and ruined forever . Take for example , a young man , who oc- 38 DANGERS OF.
... ; and they have no doubt , they can easily effect an escape , whenever danger appears ; but ere they are aware , they are arrested by the iron g asp of habit , and ruined forever . Take for example , a young man , who oc- 38 DANGERS OF.
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... effect . Associations have been form- ed , and lectures instituted for the purpose of explaining the sciences , in an easy and familiar manner , in application to the practical arts of life . These lectures are attended by ap- prentices ...
... effect . Associations have been form- ed , and lectures instituted for the purpose of explaining the sciences , in an easy and familiar manner , in application to the practical arts of life . These lectures are attended by ap- prentices ...
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... effect the plan now suggested . There is no way to keep the young from Ecenes of dissipation , but by presenting them a substitute in something that shall interest their hearts and minds , and engage them in a course of intellectual and ...
... effect the plan now suggested . There is no way to keep the young from Ecenes of dissipation , but by presenting them a substitute in something that shall interest their hearts and minds , and engage them in a course of intellectual and ...
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Page 53 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 150 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 129 - We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Page 67 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 54 - All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Page 144 - I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written.
Page 129 - I behold most cheering indications of the near approach of that day, when all shall know the Lord, from the least unto the greatest. It is one of the most animating signs of the times in which we live, that, in all our cities and towns, there are to be seen great numbers of young people, devoting themselves to the service of God. And as I see them going forth to the work, and to the rewards, to which their Saviour is calling them, I seem to hear them say to all who are lingering behind, — We are...
Page 150 - tis found, Amongst your friends, amongst your foes, On Christian or on heathen ground ; The flower's divine where'er it grows : Neglect the prickles and assume the rose.