Apples of gold for young men and women ... or, The happiness of being good betimes1859 |
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... telling a sol- dier going to war against the Persians , that they would hide the sun with their arrows , he answered , " We shall fight best in the shade . " Nothing should discourage nor dishearten a soldier of Christ . ( 2 xiv ...
... telling a sol- dier going to war against the Persians , that they would hide the sun with their arrows , he answered , " We shall fight best in the shade . " Nothing should discourage nor dishearten a soldier of Christ . ( 2 xiv ...
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... tell what deadly sin , what deadly temptation , what deadly judgment may overtake thee , if thou dost not now remember thy Creator . Remember now thy Creator ; remember to know Him , remem- ber to love Him , remember to desire Him ...
... tell what deadly sin , what deadly temptation , what deadly judgment may overtake thee , if thou dost not now remember thy Creator . Remember now thy Creator ; remember to know Him , remem- ber to love Him , remember to desire Him ...
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... tell Creon , Theseus offers thee a gracious offer . Yet I am pleased to be friends , if thou wilt submit ( this is my first message ) ; but if this offer prevail not , look for me to be up in arms . III . Because then they have fewer ...
... tell Creon , Theseus offers thee a gracious offer . Yet I am pleased to be friends , if thou wilt submit ( this is my first message ) ; but if this offer prevail not , look for me to be up in arms . III . Because then they have fewer ...
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... , in which indeed the emphasis lies . We will tell many things in an old friend's ear , which we will not acquaint young ones with . So doth God many times whisper an old disciple in the ear , and II . ] 37 for Young Men and Women .
... , in which indeed the emphasis lies . We will tell many things in an old friend's ear , which we will not acquaint young ones with . So doth God many times whisper an old disciple in the ear , and II . ] 37 for Young Men and Women .
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... of the word of God , of the love of God ! O the divine stories that old Christians can tell of the power of the word , of the sweetness of the word , of the use- fulness of the word , as a light to lead 38 [ CHAP . Apples of Gold.
... of the word of God , of the love of God ! O the divine stories that old Christians can tell of the power of the word , of the sweetness of the word , of the use- fulness of the word , as a light to lead 38 [ CHAP . Apples of Gold.
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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.