The Christian Monitor, Volume 3Munroe and Francis, 1807 - Christian life |
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Page 48
... excellent pur- poses , and is so great a mean of doing good . If we waste it , we do not waste a trifle , that sig- nifies little ; but we waste that , which might be made , as eyes to the blind , as a husband to the widow , as a father ...
... excellent pur- poses , and is so great a mean of doing good . If we waste it , we do not waste a trifle , that sig- nifies little ; but we waste that , which might be made , as eyes to the blind , as a husband to the widow , as a father ...
Page 52
... excellent management in making so sur- prising a figure in so moderate a fortune . Sey- eral ladies , who have twice her fortune , are not able to be always so genteel , and so constant at all places of pleasure and expense . She has ...
... excellent management in making so sur- prising a figure in so moderate a fortune . Sey- eral ladies , who have twice her fortune , are not able to be always so genteel , and so constant at all places of pleasure and expense . She has ...
Page 87
... a declaration , expecting to hear some- thing truly excellent from so learned a man , who had but a year longer to live . proceeded in this manner . When Octavius For these reasons , says he , my friends , I have left off 87.
... a declaration , expecting to hear some- thing truly excellent from so learned a man , who had but a year longer to live . proceeded in this manner . When Octavius For these reasons , says he , my friends , I have left off 87.
Page 96
... excellent means of raising our hearts into lively acts of worship and adoration . In order to fill your prayers with excellent strains of devotion , it may be of use to you to observe this further rule . When at any time , either in ...
... excellent means of raising our hearts into lively acts of worship and adoration . In order to fill your prayers with excellent strains of devotion , it may be of use to you to observe this further rule . When at any time , either in ...
Page 99
... excellent mean , not only of praying with fervour , but of living , as he prays . The next condition , to which we are always to adapt some part of our prayers , is the differ- ence of our hearts ; by which is meant the dif ferent state ...
... excellent mean , not only of praying with fervour , but of living , as he prays . The next condition , to which we are always to adapt some part of our prayers , is the differ- ence of our hearts ; by which is meant the dif ferent state ...
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