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... ment than any other people . But , with all this diver- sity , and although the domestic visits of the ecclesiastic have lost much of that baneful power which they once possessed , it is yet far from being extinct ; while there is ...
... ment than any other people . But , with all this diver- sity , and although the domestic visits of the ecclesiastic have lost much of that baneful power which they once possessed , it is yet far from being extinct ; while there is ...
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... ment , much less upon this array of human ingenuity . Unions , associations , consociations , boards , or societies , of benevolent aspect , suggested for certain exigencies , or pres- sing demands , may , for a season , form the taste ...
... ment , much less upon this array of human ingenuity . Unions , associations , consociations , boards , or societies , of benevolent aspect , suggested for certain exigencies , or pres- sing demands , may , for a season , form the taste ...
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... ment , the writer is not able to conceive ; and though placed in circumstances in some respects unfriendly to composition , he felt it incumbent upon him , if he could , to engage the ear , as well as the deliberate attention of Parents ...
... ment , the writer is not able to conceive ; and though placed in circumstances in some respects unfriendly to composition , he felt it incumbent upon him , if he could , to engage the ear , as well as the deliberate attention of Parents ...
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... ment may be attained , or at least an effectual one , so far as it is pursued . But why , it may be inquired , adopt such a phrase- ology ? Why not fix upon some of the other links in the chain of being ; some of the other relative con ...
... ment may be attained , or at least an effectual one , so far as it is pursued . But why , it may be inquired , adopt such a phrase- ology ? Why not fix upon some of the other links in the chain of being ; some of the other relative con ...
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... ment : so , before that dismal catastrophe , we find the Almighty on his way to the sad scene , calls for Abra- ham , saying , " Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and ...
... ment : so , before that dismal catastrophe , we find the Almighty on his way to the sad scene , calls for Abra- ham , saying , " Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and ...
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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.