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 59
... called to their earliest efforts ; and these , confessedly , are the most important . Here , in their first elementary school , provided by infinite wisdom , are the actors in all the future affairs of life , whether great or small ...
... called to their earliest efforts ; and these , confessedly , are the most important . Here , in their first elementary school , provided by infinite wisdom , are the actors in all the future affairs of life , whether great or small ...
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... called a perpetual miracle : it would be for the Creator to counterwork the natural actions of his creatures , and to disturb every moment the harmony of the universe . How , then , can we imagine that he will— nay , that , consistently ...
... called a perpetual miracle : it would be for the Creator to counterwork the natural actions of his creatures , and to disturb every moment the harmony of the universe . How , then , can we imagine that he will— nay , that , consistently ...
Page 72
... called accord- ing to his purpose . " But , in such a case , is this possible ? says the confounded , or distressed and bereaved Christian parent . I reply , it is not merely possible : it is certain ; because " all things are yours ...
... called accord- ing to his purpose . " But , in such a case , is this possible ? says the confounded , or distressed and bereaved Christian parent . I reply , it is not merely possible : it is certain ; because " all things are yours ...
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... called upon to discover the object of his highest veneration by solemn oath . Then you hear him swear " by the Fear of his Father Isaac . " See him also on the way to Egypt , yet afraid to go down , and , as soon as he arrives at ...
... called upon to discover the object of his highest veneration by solemn oath . Then you hear him swear " by the Fear of his Father Isaac . " See him also on the way to Egypt , yet afraid to go down , and , as soon as he arrives at ...
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... called Joses or Joseph ; so Mary is said , in one place , to be the mother of James , and Joses , and Simeon , and Judas ; and , as she was also nearly related to the mother of our Lord , these , her children , in the large acceptation ...
... called Joses or Joseph ; so Mary is said , in one place , to be the mother of James , and Joses , and Simeon , and Judas ; and , as she was also nearly related to the mother of our Lord , these , her children , in the large acceptation ...
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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.