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... desires no return from them but a devout and thankful heart . While others can trace their pros- perity to no higher source than a concurrence of worldly causes , and , often , of mean or trifling incidents which occasionally fa- voured ...
... desires no return from them but a devout and thankful heart . While others can trace their pros- perity to no higher source than a concurrence of worldly causes , and , often , of mean or trifling incidents which occasionally fa- voured ...
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... desire not the knowledge of thy ways . What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? Or , what profit should we have , if we pray unto him ? They say unto God , depart from us . - What an impious voice ! Could we have believed it ...
... desire not the knowledge of thy ways . What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? Or , what profit should we have , if we pray unto him ? They say unto God , depart from us . - What an impious voice ! Could we have believed it ...
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... desire him to say , what measure of information would afford him entire satisfaction . This , he will tell us , requires not any long or deep delibera- tion . He desires only to have his view enlarged beyond the li- mits of the ...
... desire him to say , what measure of information would afford him entire satisfaction . This , he will tell us , requires not any long or deep delibera- tion . He desires only to have his view enlarged beyond the li- mits of the ...
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... desire . The immediate effect of such a discovery would be , to annihilate in our eye all human objects , and to ... desires and fears , those hopes and inte- rests , by which we are at present stimulated , would cease to ope- rate ...
... desire . The immediate effect of such a discovery would be , to annihilate in our eye all human objects , and to ... desires and fears , those hopes and inte- rests , by which we are at present stimulated , would cease to ope- rate ...
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... desire , between present pleasure and future good . In this conflict , the souls of good men are tried , improved , and strengthened . In this field , their honours are reaped . Here are formed the capital virtues of fortitude ...
... desire , between present pleasure and future good . In this conflict , the souls of good men are tried , improved , and strengthened . In this field , their honours are reaped . Here are formed the capital virtues of fortitude ...
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Page 453 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many.
Page 383 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 313 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God ; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 259 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 313 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page iv - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 174 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 394 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 163 - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh : and his brethren were content.
Page 233 - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.