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... be incom- plete . It needs a crowning ornament , and there may be descried among these mists and tempests a single object which possesses the • B very highest of all earthly attractions . That object is EXAMPLE OF A YOUTHFUL MONARCH.
... be incom- plete . It needs a crowning ornament , and there may be descried among these mists and tempests a single object which possesses the • B very highest of all earthly attractions . That object is EXAMPLE OF A YOUTHFUL MONARCH.
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... possesses a character superior to all the splendours of royalty . He has consecrated his youth , his cultivated powers , and his public influence to God . The lustre of his character is the more conspicuous on account of the foils with ...
... possesses a character superior to all the splendours of royalty . He has consecrated his youth , his cultivated powers , and his public influence to God . The lustre of his character is the more conspicuous on account of the foils with ...
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... possesses a substantial reality , that it is one of the most attractive objects in creation . It possesses proportion , and grace , and majesty . It has a lustre of its own , and is rendered doubly resplendent by the light B 3 ON THE ...
... possesses a substantial reality , that it is one of the most attractive objects in creation . It possesses proportion , and grace , and majesty . It has a lustre of its own , and is rendered doubly resplendent by the light B 3 ON THE ...
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... possesses such a charm that the worst of men are ready to avenge the imputation of falsehood . Benevolence com- mands universal homage ; and piety towards parents and towards God is venerated by every thoughtful mind . Yet every virtue ...
... possesses such a charm that the worst of men are ready to avenge the imputation of falsehood . Benevolence com- mands universal homage ; and piety towards parents and towards God is venerated by every thoughtful mind . Yet every virtue ...
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... possesses the interest of a present growth . It is seen in connexion with its advantages , like a living tree clothed in beautiful foliage and loaded with fruit . You cannot contemplate a youthful prince like Josiah , withdrawing ...
... possesses the interest of a present growth . It is seen in connexion with its advantages , like a living tree clothed in beautiful foliage and loaded with fruit . You cannot contemplate a youthful prince like Josiah , withdrawing ...
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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...