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Page 17
... performance of the duty is , on other grounds , pleasant or profitable . Now , since partiality in judging of ourselves always inclines us to put the best construction both upon our outward actions and inward motives , we cannot be too ...
... performance of the duty is , on other grounds , pleasant or profitable . Now , since partiality in judging of ourselves always inclines us to put the best construction both upon our outward actions and inward motives , we cannot be too ...
Page 18
... performance may be no better than that of a slave . The command must be obeyed " from the heart : " - the service must be a free - will offering ; it must be a sacrifice of love and glad acknowledgment of the mercy of God , who has ...
... performance may be no better than that of a slave . The command must be obeyed " from the heart : " - the service must be a free - will offering ; it must be a sacrifice of love and glad acknowledgment of the mercy of God , who has ...
Page 19
... performance of the duty , there is reason to suspect that some latent and unacknowledged motive is in operation to which his conduct is to be traced . His mind in this case probably has recourse to some bye consideration , which urges ...
... performance of the duty , there is reason to suspect that some latent and unacknowledged motive is in operation to which his conduct is to be traced . His mind in this case probably has recourse to some bye consideration , which urges ...
Page 48
... performance of such duties , the missionary will often expose the cause to danger and loss , and himself to contempt . Prudence and circumspection are likewise valu- able qualifications . Prudence is wisdom applied to practice . The ...
... performance of such duties , the missionary will often expose the cause to danger and loss , and himself to contempt . Prudence and circumspection are likewise valu- able qualifications . Prudence is wisdom applied to practice . The ...
Page 78
... performance of the duties of the work it- self in all its various branches . Who does not know that how conscientious and devoted soever any man may be , there is perhaps a particular line of duty for which his turn of mind less suits ...
... performance of the duties of the work it- self in all its various branches . Who does not know that how conscientious and devoted soever any man may be , there is perhaps a particular line of duty for which his turn of mind less suits ...
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Page xxxvii - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 43 - ... as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 208 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 173 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Page 149 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 122 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Page 211 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 249 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Page 148 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Page 172 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.