Book for Parents: The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar AdvantagesPerkins, Marvin & Company, 1834 - 420 pages |
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Page vii
... true , from the beginning of the creation . To this parent idea in morals , therefore , many will not object , if it is shown to be older than the ages of nations and cities , and if it involves nothing more than what has been already ...
... true , from the beginning of the creation . To this parent idea in morals , therefore , many will not object , if it is shown to be older than the ages of nations and cities , and if it involves nothing more than what has been already ...
Page x
... true , has , in every land , whether civilized or savage , to fight every inch on its way ; but still it com- ports with enlightened and impartial observation , that in the de- generacy or neglect of domestic duty , and the relaxation ...
... true , has , in every land , whether civilized or savage , to fight every inch on its way ; but still it com- ports with enlightened and impartial observation , that in the de- generacy or neglect of domestic duty , and the relaxation ...
Page xi
... true , they have been considered as its base or support . But let Family Economy or Parental Obligations be neglected , what can wealth or sagacity avail ? Then will every order of so- ciety prove alike infirm : the base , the shaft ...
... true , they have been considered as its base or support . But let Family Economy or Parental Obligations be neglected , what can wealth or sagacity avail ? Then will every order of so- ciety prove alike infirm : the base , the shaft ...
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... . Below the heavens , on this side of the grave , there is nothing precisely like it . This is more deserving of notice , since it is a remark which will hold true in every age and in every country The Family Constitution,
... . Below the heavens , on this side of the grave , there is nothing precisely like it . This is more deserving of notice , since it is a remark which will hold true in every age and in every country The Family Constitution,
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... true in every age and in every country . The economy of nations , whether civilized or savage , and the foolish interferences of an injudicious political economy , may derange that of the family , or disregard it , when struggling after ...
... true in every age and in every country . The economy of nations , whether civilized or savage , and the foolish interferences of an injudicious political economy , may derange that of the family , or disregard it , when struggling after ...
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Page 201 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 232 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 316 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 52 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 42 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 101 - The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn.
Page 397 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 161 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 404 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 127 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.