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... nature , must be undergone , de novo , in every instance . If you could start with the knowledge and the experience with which the aged leave off , you would stand less in need of instruction and exhortation from those who have gone ...
... nature , must be undergone , de novo , in every instance . If you could start with the knowledge and the experience with which the aged leave off , you would stand less in need of instruction and exhortation from those who have gone ...
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... natural affection for you , and my tender interest in your welfare , there are other con- siderations which present a claim to your attention to the counsels contained in these letters . I am the son , as you know , of a minister of the ...
... natural affection for you , and my tender interest in your welfare , there are other con- siderations which present a claim to your attention to the counsels contained in these letters . I am the son , as you know , of a minister of the ...
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... robbery to criminal ingratitude . You are guilty of a public wrong , involving , in some respects , a deeper moral turpitude than that which is of a private nature . For my part , when I see a young man 4 * OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS . 41.
... robbery to criminal ingratitude . You are guilty of a public wrong , involving , in some respects , a deeper moral turpitude than that which is of a private nature . For my part , when I see a young man 4 * OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS . 41.
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... natural to us , we must take care to maintain them in our private apartments and in our habitual and every- day attitudes . Not only on this account , but also for the purpose of promoting pleasant and profita- ble intercourse with your ...
... natural to us , we must take care to maintain them in our private apartments and in our habitual and every- day attitudes . Not only on this account , but also for the purpose of promoting pleasant and profita- ble intercourse with your ...
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... nature . Is it the part of a gentleman to allow himself to do this ? I apprehend that every man of common sense and common decency will emphatically say , no . And yet how strange is it that many who would be as- tonished and offended ...
... nature . Is it the part of a gentleman to allow himself to do this ? I apprehend that every man of common sense and common decency will emphatically say , no . And yet how strange is it that many who would be as- tonished and offended ...
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Page 93 - And the Spirit and the bride say, come. And let him that heareth, say, come. And let him that is athirst, come; and whosoever will, let him come and take of the water of life freely.
Page 101 - the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths peace," is it wise to say, " Let me put off the attainment of this happiness to a future period?" Surely the sooner you begin to enjoy advantages so radical and precious, the better. Besides, have you any assurance that you will live to that age, or to see that concurrence of circumstances, which you fondly imagine will be more favorable to engaging in a life of piety than the present time ? Not long since, a graduate of one of our colleges...
Page 82 - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page 97 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many.
Page 99 - I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing : for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity, makes an instrument of...
Page 178 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 89 - Be it known unto you. therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins, and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 219 - Above all things, let him never touch a romance or novel: these paint beauty in colours more charming than nature, and describe happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness that never existed; to despise the little good which fortune has mixed in our cup, by expecting more than she ever gave...
Page 99 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up...
Page 98 - no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit or fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...