Letters to the youngPresbyterian Board of Publications, 1828 - 241 páginas |
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... knowledge of a third person affords to strangers . Now this feel- ing ought , in its highest degree , to obtain for the bible . Were I to say to you , or any other young person of an ardent inquiring turn of mind , fond of knowledge ...
... knowledge of a third person affords to strangers . Now this feel- ing ought , in its highest degree , to obtain for the bible . Were I to say to you , or any other young person of an ardent inquiring turn of mind , fond of knowledge ...
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... an author not noted for his reverence of sacred things ) " that all this variety and weight of knowledge could be thrown in , all at once , B 5 LETTERS TO THE YOUNG . 9 speare in particular) without a vivid impres- ...
... an author not noted for his reverence of sacred things ) " that all this variety and weight of knowledge could be thrown in , all at once , B 5 LETTERS TO THE YOUNG . 9 speare in particular) without a vivid impres- ...
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Maria Jane Jewsbury. knowledge could be thrown in , all at once , upon the mind of a people , and not make some impression upon it , the traces of which might be discerned in the manners and lite- rature of the age . For , to leave more ...
Maria Jane Jewsbury. knowledge could be thrown in , all at once , upon the mind of a people , and not make some impression upon it , the traces of which might be discerned in the manners and lite- rature of the age . For , to leave more ...
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... and which were his , solely by virtue of his knowledge of the true God . It is this remarkable union of con- trary endowments which renders his heroic character so perfect . Comparing him with other heroes of LETTERS TO THE YOUNG . 15.
... and which were his , solely by virtue of his knowledge of the true God . It is this remarkable union of con- trary endowments which renders his heroic character so perfect . Comparing him with other heroes of LETTERS TO THE YOUNG . 15.
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... knowledge ; - hope losing itself in the light of confidence , a dim futurity superseded by an assured past , and that past destined to become a glowing and eternal present . How precious had the twelfth of Hebrews been to Job when ...
... knowledge ; - hope losing itself in the light of confidence , a dim futurity superseded by an assured past , and that past destined to become a glowing and eternal present . How precious had the twelfth of Hebrews been to Job when ...
Términos y frases comunes
Absalom Ahab allegory beauty behold bible blessing character Christ Christian comfort David dear dearest death declension delight desire divine divine grace duty earth earthly enjoyment eternity everlasting evil faith fancy Father favour fear feel fruit fulness give glorious glory gospel grace Habakkuk happiness hath heart heaven holy Holy Spirit honour hope human idolatry imagination influence intel intellectual Isaiah Israel Jesus Jews king Lamb of God less LETTER light living look Lord ment merely mind motive mournful Naboth nature ness never Old Testament ourselves peace perfect person pleasure poetry possess pray prayer principle promised prophet Psalm racters regard religion salvation satisfied Saviour scriptures seek Sir John Moore sorrow soul spirit strength strive taste thee thine things thou thoughts tion true truth uncon unto vanity verse walk Washington Irving whilst wilderness words
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Página 115 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is...
Página 238 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Página 239 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day : And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Página 15 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.
Página 51 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
Página 30 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Página 100 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Página 22 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Página 23 - Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Página 187 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.