The Philanthropist: Or, Selfishness and Benevolence IllustratedWilliam Ball, 1836 - 389 pages |
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... possible , the speed of his horses , while he endeavoured himself to utter from his heart , " Thy will be done . ” The lapse of a quarter of an hour of weary minutes brought him to the prison - door , and he had the happi- ness to find ...
... possible , the speed of his horses , while he endeavoured himself to utter from his heart , " Thy will be done . ” The lapse of a quarter of an hour of weary minutes brought him to the prison - door , and he had the happi- ness to find ...
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... possible school of selfishness , and appeared to consider that money need not to be devoted to any other purpose than that of self - gratification . She early evinced great sensibility to the beauties of nature , and a fondness for ...
... possible school of selfishness , and appeared to consider that money need not to be devoted to any other purpose than that of self - gratification . She early evinced great sensibility to the beauties of nature , and a fondness for ...
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... possible to risk our lives for an enemy , to whom we should be disinclined to show some small and private act of kindness which might be received with ingratitude and without ap- plause ; so necessary is it to examine well that most ...
... possible to risk our lives for an enemy , to whom we should be disinclined to show some small and private act of kindness which might be received with ingratitude and without ap- plause ; so necessary is it to examine well that most ...
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... possible to believe supreme love to God pervades that heart . " 66 May we expect , papa , that Christians universally will ever bear a close resemblance to the beautiful portrait which the apostle has drawn in the thirteenth chapter of ...
... possible to believe supreme love to God pervades that heart . " 66 May we expect , papa , that Christians universally will ever bear a close resemblance to the beautiful portrait which the apostle has drawn in the thirteenth chapter of ...
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... possible at his house , and therefore anxious to direct their attention to all the objects of attraction in the neighbourhood . He thought the young ladies and gentlemen would be much gratified with the sight of Mr. Donaldson's large ...
... possible at his house , and therefore anxious to direct their attention to all the objects of attraction in the neighbourhood . He thought the young ladies and gentlemen would be much gratified with the sight of Mr. Donaldson's large ...
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Popular passages
Page 81 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 140 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.
Page 100 - Inasmuch as ye have not done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have not done it unto me...
Page 305 - Christian golden rule, of doing to others, as we would they should do to us, has been urged as an unanswerable argument against holding slaves.
Page 110 - He expressly lays down the golden rule, of doing to others as we would they should do unto us...
Page 150 - Hearken, my dearest brethren ; hath not. God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him ? 6 But you have .dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - It is a regulator both of our animal and moral feelings, and, aided by intellect, it serves to point out the limits which they must not pass. It desires to do to others as we would have them to do to us...
Page iii - Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives ; She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each breast a little heaven.
Page 275 - When it becomes the universal rule, ' Do unto others as ye would others should do unto you' all laws will be benevolent, and all subjects obedient.