The Christian Monitor, Volume 2Munroe and Francis, 1806 - Christian life |
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Page 118
For as many objects of sense tend to debase the mind , so there are others which
no less tend to exalt it . Hence indifferent things gain their efficacy ; for as the soul
, in common life , is too generally drawn down by earthly objects , so it is the ...
For as many objects of sense tend to debase the mind , so there are others which
no less tend to exalt it . Hence indifferent things gain their efficacy ; for as the soul
, in common life , is too generally drawn down by earthly objects , so it is the ...
Page 38
A noble and generous mind feels its obligations to a benefactor , and conceives it
the greatest baseness to be unmind ... in the case before us , and ask if receiving
the bounties of provi , dence in rich abundance , your minds ought not to be led ...
A noble and generous mind feels its obligations to a benefactor , and conceives it
the greatest baseness to be unmind ... in the case before us , and ask if receiving
the bounties of provi , dence in rich abundance , your minds ought not to be led ...
Page 47
47 mind , as well as the heat and impetuosity of youthful passions , expose the
young to temptations not experienced in riper years , and render them more
liable to be overcome . Habits are formed in youth , and take deep root . When
reason ...
47 mind , as well as the heat and impetuosity of youthful passions , expose the
young to temptations not experienced in riper years , and render them more
liable to be overcome . Habits are formed in youth , and take deep root . When
reason ...
Page 80
Painted in false colours , presented to the mind under the most hideous forms , it
is rendered disgusting in appearance , or ... The enemies of true religion would
persuade you to believe that it is fit only for weak and vulgar minds , for mean and
...
Painted in false colours , presented to the mind under the most hideous forms , it
is rendered disgusting in appearance , or ... The enemies of true religion would
persuade you to believe that it is fit only for weak and vulgar minds , for mean and
...
Page 85
But the greatness of his mind is equal to the sublimity of his knowledge . As this is
con - . versant with the noblest objects , so his thoughts are elevated above the
little things of this world . He would feel himself debased , and find the source of ...
But the greatness of his mind is equal to the sublimity of his knowledge . As this is
con - . versant with the noblest objects , so his thoughts are elevated above the
little things of this world . He would feel himself debased , and find the source of ...
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Page 17 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from theet But the night shineth as the day. The darkness and the...
Page 96 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: "then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 43 - She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Page 44 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 18 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 126 - Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Page 91 - If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse...
Page 184 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 75 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 17 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.