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... reason that they were originally composed and delivered — to promote the temporal and eternal well being of the multitudes . of young men who gather into these great centers of business . The desire for their publication has been so ...
... reason that they were originally composed and delivered — to promote the temporal and eternal well being of the multitudes . of young men who gather into these great centers of business . The desire for their publication has been so ...
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... rest on these pages from giving heed to the lessons of wisdom , which are able to confer upon him the purest happiness of time and the salvation of eternity . THE WINE - CUP . " Let us reason together 16 THE SIRENS .
... rest on these pages from giving heed to the lessons of wisdom , which are able to confer upon him the purest happiness of time and the salvation of eternity . THE WINE - CUP . " Let us reason together 16 THE SIRENS .
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... reason together . " MIGHTIEST of the temptations which assail young men in these our larger towns and cities , and most success- ful in the debasement of their manhood , is the intoxi- cating bowl . Poetry has wreathed it with the most ...
... reason together . " MIGHTIEST of the temptations which assail young men in these our larger towns and cities , and most success- ful in the debasement of their manhood , is the intoxi- cating bowl . Poetry has wreathed it with the most ...
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... reason . " His appeals are made broadly to that love of excitement which a gracious God hath con- ferred upon the young , in fullest measure , as the treasury of strength and stimulus to action in reference to the great and noble ...
... reason . " His appeals are made broadly to that love of excitement which a gracious God hath con- ferred upon the young , in fullest measure , as the treasury of strength and stimulus to action in reference to the great and noble ...
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... reason and conscience , beyond the reach of a peradventure . You should be anchored to some fixed positions in respect to those drinking customs which prevail to some extent in reputable society , and through which the strong have ...
... reason and conscience , beyond the reach of a peradventure . You should be anchored to some fixed positions in respect to those drinking customs which prevail to some extent in reputable society , and through which the strong have ...
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Page 122 - But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Page 49 - Could the youth to whom the flavour of his first wine is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will...
Page 167 - 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 295 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 40 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 260 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 38 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 295 - If, therefore, ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Page 121 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 222 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy...