The Christian Lady, and Her Course of Life, Or, Instructions in Personal Piety, Domestic Duties, and Social Intercourse from Childhood to Old Age |
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... ' When the father of Euripides received from the Delphian oracle , the promise that his child should win the sacred garland : the mistake , which limited the meaning of the response to assurance of victory in 30 YOUTH .
... ' When the father of Euripides received from the Delphian oracle , the promise that his child should win the sacred garland : the mistake , which limited the meaning of the response to assurance of victory in 30 YOUTH .
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... sacred wisdom . Woman , without losing the delicacy of her sex , may counteract much of its debility . In the scriptural summary of female vir- tues , no mean point is that resolute self - government which secures and exercises her ...
... sacred wisdom . Woman , without losing the delicacy of her sex , may counteract much of its debility . In the scriptural summary of female vir- tues , no mean point is that resolute self - government which secures and exercises her ...
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... sacred glad- ness , a gladness connected with immortal hopes . The ancient daughters of earth , as they pass through the portals of the first ages , appear like majestic figures , and are seen moving with solemn grandeur along the ...
... sacred glad- ness , a gladness connected with immortal hopes . The ancient daughters of earth , as they pass through the portals of the first ages , appear like majestic figures , and are seen moving with solemn grandeur along the ...
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... sacred story , the hallowed precept , the cheering promise : David's seraphic songs ; Solo- mon's matchless wisdom . Paul , Apollos , Cephas , the fulness of Christ and of God , -all are yours , in that one treasure , —the Bible ! Soon ...
... sacred story , the hallowed precept , the cheering promise : David's seraphic songs ; Solo- mon's matchless wisdom . Paul , Apollos , Cephas , the fulness of Christ and of God , -all are yours , in that one treasure , —the Bible ! Soon ...
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... sacred text , is a striking ex- ample of perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge . Debarred by poverty from regular admission to the lectures of the celebrated Doctors of the Law , he spent a considerable portion of his daily earnings ...
... sacred text , is a striking ex- ample of perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge . Debarred by poverty from regular admission to the lectures of the celebrated Doctors of the Law , he spent a considerable portion of his daily earnings ...
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Page 315 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 66 - I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 86 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 321 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Page 82 - He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him : and he shall see his face with joy, for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Page 140 - God to come unto you ; for I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established ; that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Page 82 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness ; then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit : I have found a ransom.
Page 219 - For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
Page 114 - Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Page 258 - Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.