The Christian Monitor, Volume 2Munroe and Francis, 1806 - Christian life |
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character is the proximate object ; of the last , the christian inheritance . By
confounding these objects together , some are betrayed into an undue estimation
of instrumental observances , while others are led to depreciate and decry them ,
as ...
character is the proximate object ; of the last , the christian inheritance . By
confounding these objects together , some are betrayed into an undue estimation
of instrumental observances , while others are led to depreciate and decry them ,
as ...
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Nor are his charity and its effects confined to the little circle of his own family and
connexions , or to those of his own religious sentiments , to the exclusion of
others ; but extended to every proper object , while he has the highest
complacency ...
Nor are his charity and its effects confined to the little circle of his own family and
connexions , or to those of his own religious sentiments , to the exclusion of
others ; but extended to every proper object , while he has the highest
complacency ...
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This being the object of it , his ambition is not to be suppressed , but cherished ,
and is rendered subservient to the noblest purposes . As pure religion and moral
rectitude form his general character , and give him superiour worth , he is ...
This being the object of it , his ambition is not to be suppressed , but cherished ,
and is rendered subservient to the noblest purposes . As pure religion and moral
rectitude form his general character , and give him superiour worth , he is ...
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There is no other object worthy of supreme love , and , when we bestow it on any
other , we go contrary to the dictates of reason ; for these teach us to love that
object in the highest degree , which is most worthy and excellent . To do this is ...
There is no other object worthy of supreme love , and , when we bestow it on any
other , we go contrary to the dictates of reason ; for these teach us to love that
object in the highest degree , which is most worthy and excellent . To do this is ...
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168 SPSS less it can be proved that he possesses greater real excellence and
amiableness than any other object ; which it would be impious to suppose .
Besides , that is an improper and injurious love of ourselves , which is
inconsistent with ...
168 SPSS less it can be proved that he possesses greater real excellence and
amiableness than any other object ; which it would be impious to suppose .
Besides , that is an improper and injurious love of ourselves , which is
inconsistent with ...
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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.