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Page xi
... authority , or those sacred and unalienable rights of the Father , to whom the effectual remedy belongs , and with whom alone it resides . Meanwhile , he is looking wishfully to the good sense of the Chambers , to stay the fretting ...
... authority , or those sacred and unalienable rights of the Father , to whom the effectual remedy belongs , and with whom alone it resides . Meanwhile , he is looking wishfully to the good sense of the Chambers , to stay the fretting ...
Page xii
... authority to " guide the house , " and to be " keepers at home ? " Yet , where in Britain , in parts of Canada , or in the free States of North America , it may be asked , is there any danger ? Where any risk of either neglect of home ...
... authority to " guide the house , " and to be " keepers at home ? " Yet , where in Britain , in parts of Canada , or in the free States of North America , it may be asked , is there any danger ? Where any risk of either neglect of home ...
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... authority - evils for which , by the will of God , Parents alone are responsible , and which they alone can rectify or remove . Every inquiry into fac- tion and disorder , degeneracy in morals and increase of crime , must , of necessity ...
... authority - evils for which , by the will of God , Parents alone are responsible , and which they alone can rectify or remove . Every inquiry into fac- tion and disorder , degeneracy in morals and increase of crime , must , of necessity ...
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... authority , we see the most certain tokens of a nation approaching the brink of ruin , and the day of just retribution . Before this neglect and relaxation , the huge monu- ments of commercial enterprise and art , the luxurious plenty ...
... authority , we see the most certain tokens of a nation approaching the brink of ruin , and the day of just retribution . Before this neglect and relaxation , the huge monu- ments of commercial enterprise and art , the luxurious plenty ...
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... authority of the professed teachers of religion , was suf- ficient to account for all the misery which they then endured ; and it is worthy of notice , that when the Saviour meant to substantiate this charge , he did so by a reference ...
... authority of the professed teachers of religion , was suf- ficient to account for all the misery which they then endured ; and it is worthy of notice , that when the Saviour meant to substantiate this charge , he did so by a reference ...
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Page 226 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 351 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 63 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 260 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 118 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 74 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 442 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 450 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 451 - Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Page 423 - ... stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olivetree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.