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... morals , lie not buried deep in gloom and mystery , but are to be found , like the manna of the Israelites , upon the surface of things . The secret of happiness lies folded up in the leaves of the Bible , and is carried in the bosom of ...
... morals , lie not buried deep in gloom and mystery , but are to be found , like the manna of the Israelites , upon the surface of things . The secret of happiness lies folded up in the leaves of the Bible , and is carried in the bosom of ...
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... morality , in times and places of the greatest corruption of manners . " On what vantage ground does the conscientious Christian parent here stand ! The springs of public and social life may * Anderson . be greatly corrupted ; the ...
... morality , in times and places of the greatest corruption of manners . " On what vantage ground does the conscientious Christian parent here stand ! The springs of public and social life may * Anderson . be greatly corrupted ; the ...
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... moral power of it displayed , unless the heads of it rightly understand their duty , and have a disposition properly to perform it . They must be Christians in reality , or no Christian government can be maintained . Where religion is ...
... moral power of it displayed , unless the heads of it rightly understand their duty , and have a disposition properly to perform it . They must be Christians in reality , or no Christian government can be maintained . Where religion is ...
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... moral power , in the cottage as well as in the mansion ; under the shadow of liberty , and even under the scorching heat of tyr- anny . Like the church , of which it is in some re- spects the emblem , it accommodates itself to every ...
... moral power , in the cottage as well as in the mansion ; under the shadow of liberty , and even under the scorching heat of tyr- anny . Like the church , of which it is in some re- spects the emblem , it accommodates itself to every ...
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... Moral es- teem is one of the firmest supports and strongest guards of love ; and a high degree of excellence can- not fail to produce such esteem . We are more accu- rately known to each other in this connexion , than either to the ...
... Moral es- teem is one of the firmest supports and strongest guards of love ; and a high degree of excellence can- not fail to produce such esteem . We are more accu- rately known to each other in this connexion , than either to the ...
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Page 72 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 22 - He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward ; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Page 140 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Honour thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Page 40 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 26 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Page 24 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 32 - The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Page 41 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church ; and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 159 - And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Page 116 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!