The Life and Teachings of Joseph Livesey, Comprising His AutobiographyNational Temperance League's Depot, 1885 - 344 páginas |
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Página vi
... happiness . The plan also shows how greatly he was in advance of his time . Of course , many of the practices which Mr. Livesey assailed fifty - three years ago have in the interval either been greatly modified or altogether swept away ...
... happiness . The plan also shows how greatly he was in advance of his time . Of course , many of the practices which Mr. Livesey assailed fifty - three years ago have in the interval either been greatly modified or altogether swept away ...
Página xviii
... happiness and comfort ; and the further any individual is from this , the more anxious we should be to assist him . We should despise none , however poor , however debased ; we should pity all , and share the burden of those who are ...
... happiness and comfort ; and the further any individual is from this , the more anxious we should be to assist him . We should despise none , however poor , however debased ; we should pity all , and share the burden of those who are ...
Página xix
... happiness . In addressing the rich , he says : " Without sober reflection you know nothing of yourselves ; you pass through the world as if in a trance , and at the end of a short - lived existence , wonder what you have been doing ...
... happiness . In addressing the rich , he says : " Without sober reflection you know nothing of yourselves ; you pass through the world as if in a trance , and at the end of a short - lived existence , wonder what you have been doing ...
Página xxiii
... happiness and salvation of mankind . ' 99 * It would be erroneous to suppose that Mr. Livesey discouraged attendance at public worship . All outward religious exercises were regarded by him simply as means to an end , and valuable in as ...
... happiness and salvation of mankind . ' 99 * It would be erroneous to suppose that Mr. Livesey discouraged attendance at public worship . All outward religious exercises were regarded by him simply as means to an end , and valuable in as ...
Página xxxii
... happiness . " § The visitation of the poor was advocated by Mr. Livesey as a means of im- proving the visitor quite as much as the visited . The benefits , like all true benefactions , would be reciprocal . " No man , " says he in the ...
... happiness . " § The visitation of the poor was advocated by Mr. Livesey as a means of im- proving the visitor quite as much as the visited . The benefits , like all true benefactions , would be reciprocal . " No man , " says he in the ...
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Página ix - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.
Página 153 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Página 162 - Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 1 St.
Página clxviii - WHEN Faith and Love, which parted from thee never, Had ripened thy just soul to dwell with God, Meekly thou didst resign this earthly load Of death, called life ; which us from life doth sever.
Página xix - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Página 146 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Página xxxvi - AN honest man here lies at rest, As e'er God with his image blest; The friend of man, the friend of truth; The friend of age, and guide of youth : Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, Few heads with knowledge so inform'd : If there's another world, he lives in bliss; If there is none, he made the best of this.
Página 139 - There the tears of earth are dried ; There its hidden things are clear ; There the work of life is tried By a juster Judge than here. Father, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
Página xciv - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Página 23 - To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.