The claims of the gospel on the young1847 |
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... passes along the verge of frightful precipices , crosses swollen torrents , or threads his way through mountain gorges beset with robbers . While there is much , in the career of every one , that is agreeable and safe , there is much ...
... passes along the verge of frightful precipices , crosses swollen torrents , or threads his way through mountain gorges beset with robbers . While there is much , in the career of every one , that is agreeable and safe , there is much ...
Page 29
... pass not by it , turn from it , and pass away . " The reitera- tion of the thought , in this passage , renders the exhortation a very earnest one . The writer does not enjoin it upon the young , to avoid a continued social intercourse ...
... pass not by it , turn from it , and pass away . " The reitera- tion of the thought , in this passage , renders the exhortation a very earnest one . The writer does not enjoin it upon the young , to avoid a continued social intercourse ...
Page 47
... passing away . Now the righteous and the wicked are mingled together . Each of these classes is struggling to gain a predominating influ- ence over you . Almost every influence of a moral and spiritual kind is blended with living social ...
... passing away . Now the righteous and the wicked are mingled together . Each of these classes is struggling to gain a predominating influ- ence over you . Almost every influence of a moral and spiritual kind is blended with living social ...
Page 48
... pass not by it , turn from it , and pass away . The companion of fools shall be destroyed . " On the other hand , he calls upon you to come out from among the wicked , and be separate . He will not attempt to prepare you for heaven ...
... pass not by it , turn from it , and pass away . The companion of fools shall be destroyed . " On the other hand , he calls upon you to come out from among the wicked , and be separate . He will not attempt to prepare you for heaven ...
Page 49
... pass on thoughtlessly . The influence of sinful associates is worse than you suppose . Your only safety is in flight . I conjure you , then , as you value your F soul , to leave the society of those whose influence ON THE YOUNG . 49.
... pass on thoughtlessly . The influence of sinful associates is worse than you suppose . Your only safety is in flight . I conjure you , then , as you value your F soul , to leave the society of those whose influence ON THE YOUNG . 49.
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Page 58 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony: That Orpheus...
Page 82 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 130 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Page 44 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? for ye are the temple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 116 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 4 - And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses ; neither after him 26 arose there any like him.
Page 22 - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 29 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 1 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Page 83 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...