Thoughts on the responsibility of man, with a view to the amelioration of society1838 - 80 pages |
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... alike of our advantages and of our responsibilities ; and let us render back to the great Author of national prosperity that gratitude which is due for so many signal blessings , and employ in the cause of humanity that power which He ...
... alike of our advantages and of our responsibilities ; and let us render back to the great Author of national prosperity that gratitude which is due for so many signal blessings , and employ in the cause of humanity that power which He ...
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... Divine purpose ; to see kings as nursing fathers , and queens as nursing mothers to the church ; anxious alike for the welfare of their subjects , and the evangelizing of the world ; seeking peace rather 8 NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY .
... Divine purpose ; to see kings as nursing fathers , and queens as nursing mothers to the church ; anxious alike for the welfare of their subjects , and the evangelizing of the world ; seeking peace rather 8 NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY .
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... alike in a civilized as in a savage state , that he is a responsible being , has led to various contrivances for propitiating the anger of Heaven . Human sacrifices even have de- monstrated the universality of the apprehension that God ...
... alike in a civilized as in a savage state , that he is a responsible being , has led to various contrivances for propitiating the anger of Heaven . Human sacrifices even have de- monstrated the universality of the apprehension that God ...
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... alike of infinite importance and of un- certain duration . How many of this generation have now entered on the last year of life , and are drawing to the close of that allotted trial which will determine their destiny through eter- nity ...
... alike of infinite importance and of un- certain duration . How many of this generation have now entered on the last year of life , and are drawing to the close of that allotted trial which will determine their destiny through eter- nity ...
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... alike our interest , our wisdom , and our happiness to walk . Let us seek , then , to judge of objects , and to direct our pursuit of them , by the light of Di- vine truth ; and let us say with David , " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet ...
... alike our interest , our wisdom , and our happiness to walk . Let us seek , then , to judge of objects , and to direct our pursuit of them , by the light of Di- vine truth ; and let us say with David , " Thy word is a lamp unto my feet ...
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Page 66 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 33 - When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Page 127 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 108 - Christianity must have been, in a great degree, sunk and forgot in a very few ages. To prevent this appears to have been one reason why a visible church was instituted; to be, like a city upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which we owe our maker; to call men continually, to by example and instruction, to attend to it...
Page 122 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 62 - Then," in the full sense of the words (Rev. xi. 15), " shall the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his CHRIST, and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 54 - I lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked in. It was a cellar wholly dark; and about twelve feet square: two bundles of straw lay in two corners; on one, sat a bed-ridden...
Page 11 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 101 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me : he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house : he that telleth Lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 108 - Church was instituted; to be, like a City upon a Hill, a standing Memorial to the World, of the Duty which we owe our Maker; to call Men continually, both by Example and Instruction, to attend to it...