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... less the respect- ability of the man than the peculiar charac- ter of the Christian clergyman ; to prevail with you to consider the duties of the minister as manifold and serious in their nature , his recreations as comparatively few ...
... less the respect- ability of the man than the peculiar charac- ter of the Christian clergyman ; to prevail with you to consider the duties of the minister as manifold and serious in their nature , his recreations as comparatively few ...
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... less unsuited to their future prospects than inconsistent with their present situations . Their error consists in selecting for their companions the out- wardly attractive , rather than the inwardly worthy . You will enter upon a ...
... less unsuited to their future prospects than inconsistent with their present situations . Their error consists in selecting for their companions the out- wardly attractive , rather than the inwardly worthy . You will enter upon a ...
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... in the busy scenes of life - that if temptation assail him , it shall find him armed with religious courage to resist it ; that he will " use the world without abusing it , ” — serve less eagerly CLERICAL PORTRAIT . 37.
... in the busy scenes of life - that if temptation assail him , it shall find him armed with religious courage to resist it ; that he will " use the world without abusing it , ” — serve less eagerly CLERICAL PORTRAIT . 37.
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Clerical portrait. world without abusing it , ” — serve less eagerly the pleasures of the world , and more faith- fully his God . To a soul thus entering upon the threshold of repentance , you , that soul's earthly physi- cian , are ...
Clerical portrait. world without abusing it , ” — serve less eagerly the pleasures of the world , and more faith- fully his God . To a soul thus entering upon the threshold of repentance , you , that soul's earthly physi- cian , are ...
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... less the prevailing error of every parish in the king- dom ) a reluctance on the part of the poor to receive the Sacrament , until their lives have * On this and some other subjects considered in these letters , the Author has purposely ...
... less the prevailing error of every parish in the king- dom ) a reluctance on the part of the poor to receive the Sacrament , until their lives have * On this and some other subjects considered in these letters , the Author has purposely ...
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Page 110 - And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Page 122 - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more : and he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus : and passing through, he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
Page 95 - God spoke the world into being; and especially he formed man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into him the breath of life, so that he became a living soul.
Page 46 - ... washed His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 103 - But the most complete scriptural illustration of this doctrine which can be given, is from that celebrated passage where the apostle tells his converts to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling, because it is God that worketh in them both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Page 35 - God will judge the world in righteousness, and administer true judgment unto his people. Some, indeed, are so bold as to deny it, whilst they are engaged in the pursuit of the lust of the eye and the pride of life; but follow them to their death-beds — ask them, when their souls are ready to launch into eternity, what...
Page 183 - Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the Happiness upright in heart." —PSALMS 97:11. "Her (wisdom's) ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 45 - Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 117 - Then Philip began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus.