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... kind ; Soldier unites with soldier , swain with swain , The mariner with him that roves the main . ' N the preceding letter , Melissa , I have stated IN the divine law graciously given to regulate the christian church respecting ...
... kind ; Soldier unites with soldier , swain with swain , The mariner with him that roves the main . ' N the preceding letter , Melissa , I have stated IN the divine law graciously given to regulate the christian church respecting ...
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... kind father ; but amiable and en- dearing as these qualities undoubtedly are , they make not the aggregate of a christian's hap- piness in the marriage life ? These are ingre- dients indispensably requisite to the domestic felicity of ...
... kind father ; but amiable and en- dearing as these qualities undoubtedly are , they make not the aggregate of a christian's hap- piness in the marriage life ? These are ingre- dients indispensably requisite to the domestic felicity of ...
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... kind ; not only the same end must be proposed , but the same means must be approved by both . ' But were you to marry the best . merely moral man upon earth , you could not , as an affectionate wife , and as a devout chris- tian , enjoy ...
... kind ; not only the same end must be proposed , but the same means must be approved by both . ' But were you to marry the best . merely moral man upon earth , you could not , as an affectionate wife , and as a devout chris- tian , enjoy ...
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... kind , without sacrificing some of the privileges she has been accustomed to enjoy ; and no one is perhaps more to be regretted , or if retained , no one more likely to be interrupted , than that which is en- joyed in those stated ...
... kind , without sacrificing some of the privileges she has been accustomed to enjoy ; and no one is perhaps more to be regretted , or if retained , no one more likely to be interrupted , than that which is en- joyed in those stated ...
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... kind heavenly Father bends his eye On the least wing that flits along the sky . To him they sing , when spring renews the plain ; To him they cry , in winter's pinching reign ; Nor is their music , nor their plaint in vain : Jle hears ...
... kind heavenly Father bends his eye On the least wing that flits along the sky . To him they sing , when spring renews the plain ; To him they cry , in winter's pinching reign ; Nor is their music , nor their plaint in vain : Jle hears ...
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Page 18 - Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; and when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee ; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them ; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them : neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Page 39 - Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 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. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Page 189 - Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day : lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God...
Page 28 - How amiable are thy tabernacles,- O Lord of hosts ! " My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and, my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 154 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of GOD of great price.
Page 188 - For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Page 20 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Page 49 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 201 - IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Page 40 - O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us : but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.