Apples of gold for young men and women ... or, The happiness of being good betimes1859 |
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... father said to him , fighting , as it were , in blood to the knees , and in great distress ) , Either vanquish or die . " Men of no resolution , or of weak resolution , will be but little serviceable to the good of souls . Such watchmen ...
... father said to him , fighting , as it were , in blood to the knees , and in great distress ) , Either vanquish or die . " Men of no resolution , or of weak resolution , will be but little serviceable to the good of souls . Such watchmen ...
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... father and mother was set upon evil . Abijah began to be good betimes , he crossed that pestilent proverb , A young saint , and an old devil . It is the glory and goodness of God that He will take notice of the least good that is in any ...
... father and mother was set upon evil . Abijah began to be good betimes , he crossed that pestilent proverb , A young saint , and an old devil . It is the glory and goodness of God that He will take notice of the least good that is in any ...
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... father's house was all in a flame . These young men were good towards their parents : but what is this to Abijah's goodness towards the Lord ? A man cannot be good towards the Lord , but he will be good towards others ; but a man may be ...
... father's house was all in a flame . These young men were good towards their parents : but what is this to Abijah's goodness towards the Lord ? A man cannot be good towards the Lord , but he will be good towards others ; but a man may be ...
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... father , and de- clined neither to the right hand nor to the left . For in the eighth year of his reign , while he was yet young , he began to seek after the God of David his father ; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and ...
... father , and de- clined neither to the right hand nor to the left . For in the eighth year of his reign , while he was yet young , he began to seek after the God of David his father ; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and ...
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... Father , Son , and Spirit . To the making of a man a council was called in heaven , Gen. i . 26 . Remember thy Creators , remember the Father so as to know Him , so as to be inwardly acquainted with Him ; remember the Son , so as to ...
... Father , Son , and Spirit . To the making of a man a council was called in heaven , Gen. i . 26 . Remember thy Creators , remember the Father so as to know Him , so as to be inwardly acquainted with Him ; remember the Son , so as to ...
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Page 204 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 178 - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Page 70 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 205 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Page 86 - In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Page 137 - I am Alpha and. Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Page 85 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Page 29 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 16 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 68 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.