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Francis Wayland. one knows that he perceives certain actions to be right or wrong . Every one feels , that it is wrong to lie , to steal , to murder , to be cruel . Every one knows it is right to tell the truth , to be honest ...
Francis Wayland. one knows that he perceives certain actions to be right or wrong . Every one feels , that it is wrong to lie , to steal , to murder , to be cruel . Every one knows it is right to tell the truth , to be honest ...
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... wrong ; while we feel that the man does , or can , know that it is wrong . Now , as the brute cannot distin- guish between right and wrong , we do not consider his action a moral action ; but as the man can make this distinction , we ...
... wrong ; while we feel that the man does , or can , know that it is wrong . Now , as the brute cannot distin- guish between right and wrong , we do not consider his action a moral action ; but as the man can make this distinction , we ...
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... wrong , whenever we intend to do any thing contrary to any law of God . This law is summed up in the two precepts , thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ; and , as ye would that others should do unto you , do ye even so ...
... wrong , whenever we intend to do any thing contrary to any law of God . This law is summed up in the two precepts , thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ; and , as ye would that others should do unto you , do ye even so ...
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... wrong actions , must , in themselves , be wrong . This is what our blessed Saviour means , when he tells us , that out of the heart proceeds all manner of evil . QUESTIONS . 1. Do brutes and men both act ? 8 OF INTENTION . 00.
... wrong actions , must , in themselves , be wrong . This is what our blessed Saviour means , when he tells us , that out of the heart proceeds all manner of evil . QUESTIONS . 1. Do brutes and men both act ? 8 OF INTENTION . 00.
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... wrong action done thoughtlessly . 13. Do you ever do such actions ? 14. Give an example of something wrong , when no action is really done . 15. Give an example of a right action , without any good intention . 16. Show how people make ...
... wrong action done thoughtlessly . 13. Do you ever do such actions ? 14. Give an example of something wrong , when no action is really done . 15. Give an example of a right action , without any good intention . 16. Show how people make ...
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Page 202 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 74 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 174 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Page 86 - All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets : Matt, vii, 12.
Page 201 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 140 - Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Page 74 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work : But the seventh is the sabbath of the Lord thy God...
Page 175 - Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Page 175 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 63 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him,