The Christian Father's Present to His Children, Volume 1Jonathan Leavitt, 1827 - Children |
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... soon as he can reason , should be made to feel that obedience is due to parents ; for if he grow up to boyhood before he is subject to the mild rule of paternal autho- rity , he will , very probably , like an untamed bullock , resist ...
... soon as he can reason , should be made to feel that obedience is due to parents ; for if he grow up to boyhood before he is subject to the mild rule of paternal autho- rity , he will , very probably , like an untamed bullock , resist ...
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... the soul of his pupils ; he hard- ens their hearts against impression ; he pre- pares them to rush with eager haste to their ruin , as soon as they have thrown off the yoke of their bondage ; and to employ their liberty , 14 AN ADDRESS.
... the soul of his pupils ; he hard- ens their hearts against impression ; he pre- pares them to rush with eager haste to their ruin , as soon as they have thrown off the yoke of their bondage ; and to employ their liberty , 14 AN ADDRESS.
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... soon as reason dawned , we poured the light of religious instruction upon your mind , by the aid of familiar poetry , catechisms , and conversation . You cannot remember the time when these ef- forts commenced . How often have you ...
... soon as reason dawned , we poured the light of religious instruction upon your mind , by the aid of familiar poetry , catechisms , and conversation . You cannot remember the time when these ef- forts commenced . How often have you ...
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... soon retire together . But religion is of infinite and eternal moment , and then developes , most perfectly , its consequences , in that very moment when the importance of all other subjects ter- minates for ever . A mistake in this ...
... soon retire together . But religion is of infinite and eternal moment , and then developes , most perfectly , its consequences , in that very moment when the importance of all other subjects ter- minates for ever . A mistake in this ...
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... soon worn off . The next time the temptation presents itself , his reluctance is diminished , and he repeats the offence with less previous hesitation , and less subsequent compunction . What he did once , he now without scruple does ...
... soon worn off . The next time the temptation presents itself , his reluctance is diminished , and he repeats the offence with less previous hesitation , and less subsequent compunction . What he did once , he now without scruple does ...
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Page 114 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 61 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 31 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 166 - Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
Page 44 - ... [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Page 120 - But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me: And the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 120 - Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Page 44 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 107 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 120 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.