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... temptation to any of the grossest acts of sin , have at length fallen sacrifices to the powerful in- fluence of evil associates . Man is a social being , and the propensity is peculiarly strong in youth , a season when it requires to be ...
... temptation to any of the grossest acts of sin , have at length fallen sacrifices to the powerful in- fluence of evil associates . Man is a social being , and the propensity is peculiarly strong in youth , a season when it requires to be ...
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... the city . " A circumstance , however , soon occurred , which threw the forbidden fruit in my way , and my in- tegrity could not resist the temptation . After being about two years in my situation , I was DANGER . 33.
... the city . " A circumstance , however , soon occurred , which threw the forbidden fruit in my way , and my in- tegrity could not resist the temptation . After being about two years in my situation , I was DANGER . 33.
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... temptation . Set a strict guard upon your senses , your imagination , your passions . Once yield to temptation , and you are undone : purity is then lost , and , sunk from self - esteem , you may give yourself up to commit all ...
... temptation . Set a strict guard upon your senses , your imagination , your passions . Once yield to temptation , and you are undone : purity is then lost , and , sunk from self - esteem , you may give yourself up to commit all ...
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... temptation , and have suddenly burst the bonds which they could not loose , and cast off the yoke which they felt to be intolerable , and ran away . This is a desperate and dreadful remedy ⚫ and has in most cases proved a ruinous one ...
... temptation , and have suddenly burst the bonds which they could not loose , and cast off the yoke which they felt to be intolerable , and ran away . This is a desperate and dreadful remedy ⚫ and has in most cases proved a ruinous one ...
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... temptation . With all the sources of sinful pleasure open around him , and in the midst of a multitude hastening to drink their deleterious waters ; with all the seductions near that appeal to every sense , every appetite , and every ...
... temptation . With all the sources of sinful pleasure open around him , and in the midst of a multitude hastening to drink their deleterious waters ; with all the seductions near that appeal to every sense , every appetite , and every ...
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Page 176 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 88 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 24 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Page 86 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 140 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 84 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 63 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 109 - Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Page 156 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 170 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford.