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Page vii
... things , formed by our Creator , from age to age , which springs from our constitution as the creatures of his hand , and one inseparable from our being , admits of no change , no expedient , no interference or neglect , save such as ...
... things , formed by our Creator , from age to age , which springs from our constitution as the creatures of his hand , and one inseparable from our being , admits of no change , no expedient , no interference or neglect , save such as ...
Page ix
... things are . There is in our family a sad difference of sentiment , and the most serious of all . We may speak to our mothers , wives , and daughters , on any of the subjects which form the topics of conversation , with indifferent ...
... things are . There is in our family a sad difference of sentiment , and the most serious of all . We may speak to our mothers , wives , and daughters , on any of the subjects which form the topics of conversation , with indifferent ...
Page xiii
... thing . To their eye no defect presents itself , which the charm of associated numbers will not supply ; no ... things , is there no danger of neglecting those fixed obligations , on which " the almost sacred joys of Home depend ...
... thing . To their eye no defect presents itself , which the charm of associated numbers will not supply ; no ... things , is there no danger of neglecting those fixed obligations , on which " the almost sacred joys of Home depend ...
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... things ; but the actual stability of either nation depends not upon its form of civil govern- ment , much less upon this array of human ingenuity . Unions , associations , consociations , boards , or societies , of benevolent aspect ...
... things ; but the actual stability of either nation depends not upon its form of civil govern- ment , much less upon this array of human ingenuity . Unions , associations , consociations , boards , or societies , of benevolent aspect ...
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... things , the fixed appointment of their com- mon Creator . The contempt in which domestic pleasures have in modern times been held , is a mark of profligacy . It argues a defect not only in taste and judgment , but in morals , and forms ...
... things , the fixed appointment of their com- mon Creator . The contempt in which domestic pleasures have in modern times been held , is a mark of profligacy . It argues a defect not only in taste and judgment , but in morals , and forms ...
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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.