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... and begin to regard it with a serious eye . While day after day is wasted SERMON IIL III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or [ 41 ] SERMON III On the Improvement of Time, 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
... and begin to regard it with a serious eye . While day after day is wasted SERMON IIL III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or [ 41 ] SERMON III On the Improvement of Time, 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
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Hugh Blair. III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or vicious pleasures , if some incident shall occur which leads the most inconsiderate man to think of his age , or time of life ; how much of it is gone ; at what period of it he ...
Hugh Blair. III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or vicious pleasures , if some incident shall occur which leads the most inconsiderate man to think of his age , or time of life ; how much of it is gone ; at what period of it he ...
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... course . Whatso- ever thine hand findeth to do , do it now with all thy might ; for now is the accepted time ; now is the day of salvation . Many directions might be given for the wise and religious improvement of the present ; a few of ...
... course . Whatso- ever thine hand findeth to do , do it now with all thy might ; for now is the accepted time ; now is the day of salvation . Many directions might be given for the wise and religious improvement of the present ; a few of ...
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... course of time ; and we know them to be not only certain , but to be approach ing nearer to us , in consequence of every day that passes over our heads . To these , therefore , let us look forward ; not with the dread of children , but ...
... course of time ; and we know them to be not only certain , but to be approach ing nearer to us , in consequence of every day that passes over our heads . To these , therefore , let us look forward ; not with the dread of children , but ...
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... the cares and the business of men , the same course of idleness and sensuality continue to be pursued , the case becomes more VOL . III . F desperate . IV . SERMON desperate . A sad presumption arises , to Middle Age . 65.
... the cares and the business of men , the same course of idleness and sensuality continue to be pursued , the case becomes more VOL . III . F desperate . IV . SERMON desperate . A sad presumption arises , to Middle Age . 65.
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Page 327 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Page 322 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 221 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 52 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 126 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 391 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 2 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 370 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help...
Page 42 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 170 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.