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... knowledge " is not good ; " to impart useful information is con- sequently the truest benevolence : this is indeed an axiom which few , if any , are hardy enough to ques- tion , much less boldly to deny . The substance and method of ...
... knowledge " is not good ; " to impart useful information is con- sequently the truest benevolence : this is indeed an axiom which few , if any , are hardy enough to ques- tion , much less boldly to deny . The substance and method of ...
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... our be- nevolent friend who has come to heal the sick , chosen a grateful medium to convey unpalatable knowledge pleasingly to our minds . And finally , though these metaphors afford the most correct 14 INSTRUCTION BY PARABLES .
... our be- nevolent friend who has come to heal the sick , chosen a grateful medium to convey unpalatable knowledge pleasingly to our minds . And finally , though these metaphors afford the most correct 14 INSTRUCTION BY PARABLES .
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... knowledge : " be not weary in well doing ; " the husbandman hath long patience for the precious fruits of the earth , and do you refuse consolation , much needed , dur- 1 ing the tardy progress of your wishes and works 16 INSTRUCTION BÝ ...
... knowledge : " be not weary in well doing ; " the husbandman hath long patience for the precious fruits of the earth , and do you refuse consolation , much needed , dur- 1 ing the tardy progress of your wishes and works 16 INSTRUCTION BÝ ...
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... knowledge necessary for this service is derived from God : nor are we to suppose that diversity of plan , is at all inconsistent with the wisdom of Deity . Heavy and light lands require and receive a dis- similar treatment from the same ...
... knowledge necessary for this service is derived from God : nor are we to suppose that diversity of plan , is at all inconsistent with the wisdom of Deity . Heavy and light lands require and receive a dis- similar treatment from the same ...
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... knowledge each has , is derived from the same source - the instruction of their employer . Thus , although there are different and sometimes even contradictory methods adopt- ed ( such as draining and irrigating lands , ) and though ...
... knowledge each has , is derived from the same source - the instruction of their employer . Thus , although there are different and sometimes even contradictory methods adopt- ed ( such as draining and irrigating lands , ) and though ...
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Page 100 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him 1 I trow not.
Page 45 - Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Page 149 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 133 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 301 - And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an Altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the Altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 375 - My lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Page 201 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 393 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 386 - Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Page 187 - To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.