The Young Man's Friend and Guide Through Life to ImmortalityH. Adams & Company, 1863 - 312 páginas |
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... object of contemplation , but it could yield little consolation as a subject of faith . Individual trust , prayer , hope , and praise , all rest upon the ground of indi- vidual Providence . It is not what God is to the universe at large ...
... object of contemplation , but it could yield little consolation as a subject of faith . Individual trust , prayer , hope , and praise , all rest upon the ground of indi- vidual Providence . It is not what God is to the universe at large ...
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... object , affection agonizing for its loved one . Many an hour is that mother kept waking at midnight , thinking and pray- ing for her son who has recently left her to enter upon the world's business ; and often amidst other cares , does ...
... object , affection agonizing for its loved one . Many an hour is that mother kept waking at midnight , thinking and pray- ing for her son who has recently left her to enter upon the world's business ; and often amidst other cares , does ...
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... object and my chief hope in this volume . I have not touched upon controversy , as I have already intimated , nor is it my aim to suggest or supply topics of abstract thought or speculative inquiry ; neither is it my purpose , if it ...
... object and my chief hope in this volume . I have not touched upon controversy , as I have already intimated , nor is it my aim to suggest or supply topics of abstract thought or speculative inquiry ; neither is it my purpose , if it ...
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... object ? Surely , surely , if anything be worthy the atten- tion of a living , rational creature , it must be the object of life and if at any time , at the beginning of life . Pro- ceed not another hour , take up no plan , no purpose ...
... object ? Surely , surely , if anything be worthy the atten- tion of a living , rational creature , it must be the object of life and if at any time , at the beginning of life . Pro- ceed not another hour , take up no plan , no purpose ...
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... objects , Throw not away upon the perishing objects of an earthly ambition , your immortal soul , a jewel compared with which " the Moun- tain of Light " the richest trophy of our Oriental con- quests , or any nobler product of the ...
... objects , Throw not away upon the perishing objects of an earthly ambition , your immortal soul , a jewel compared with which " the Moun- tain of Light " the richest trophy of our Oriental con- quests , or any nobler product of the ...
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Página 79 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Página 79 - Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Página 177 - Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Página 162 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Página 10 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Página 33 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Página 177 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Página 194 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Página 242 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Página 291 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.