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... worship of their own will ; but God declares , that there is no peace to the wicked ; that without holiness , none shall behold him ; and that obedience to his commands pleaseth him more than all the self - accumulated offerings of ...
... worship of their own will ; but God declares , that there is no peace to the wicked ; that without holiness , none shall behold him ; and that obedience to his commands pleaseth him more than all the self - accumulated offerings of ...
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... worship , still they neglect impressing its precepts on the minds of their children , and exhibiting an example of humble holiness before them . Their children spring up healthy and vigorous , but desti- tute of the vital principle of ...
... worship , still they neglect impressing its precepts on the minds of their children , and exhibiting an example of humble holiness before them . Their children spring up healthy and vigorous , but desti- tute of the vital principle of ...
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... worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth . The want of truth is so opposed to all the precepts of the gos- pel , that it is impossible for those who continue to the latest hour in the practice of deceit can be sharers in its ...
... worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth . The want of truth is so opposed to all the precepts of the gos- pel , that it is impossible for those who continue to the latest hour in the practice of deceit can be sharers in its ...
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... worship of the God of Israel is a noble trait in his character ; and his prayer at the dedication of the temple dis- plays the elevation of his soul . Well might he exclaim , " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold , the ...
... worship of the God of Israel is a noble trait in his character ; and his prayer at the dedication of the temple dis- plays the elevation of his soul . Well might he exclaim , " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold , the ...
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... worship the golden image Nebuchadnezzar had set up ; in of which his friends " were consequence bound in their coats , their hosen , and their hats , and their other garments , and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace ...
... worship the golden image Nebuchadnezzar had set up ; in of which his friends " were consequence bound in their coats , their hosen , and their hats , and their other garments , and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace ...
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Page 243 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 179 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 92 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 93 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 88 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Page 42 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 174 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 109 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Page 133 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Page 56 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...