Ethics for youth, by a member of the Church of England1828 |
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... importance of instilling moral and religious principles into the mind at a very early age . Plurimum in reliquam vitam proderit , pueros statim salubriter institui . Facile est enim teneros adhuc animos componere ; difficilè reciduntur ...
... importance of instilling moral and religious principles into the mind at a very early age . Plurimum in reliquam vitam proderit , pueros statim salubriter institui . Facile est enim teneros adhuc animos componere ; difficilè reciduntur ...
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... much as might , with con- venience , be committed to memory , along with other juvenile studies , to which studies he hopes it will be deemed an important and indispensable appendage . No. 1. ] FILIAL DUTY . [ MONDAY . "
... much as might , with con- venience , be committed to memory , along with other juvenile studies , to which studies he hopes it will be deemed an important and indispensable appendage . No. 1. ] FILIAL DUTY . [ MONDAY . "
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... important requisites to successful trade , than order and method . Regula- rity diminishes the labour , and proportionably in- creases the profit of business . The method which is desirable , is a quiet , steady , orderly system , fixed ...
... important requisites to successful trade , than order and method . Regula- rity diminishes the labour , and proportionably in- creases the profit of business . The method which is desirable , is a quiet , steady , orderly system , fixed ...
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... importance of virtue . Of what consequence therefore is it that we practise it ! If you are wise , then , study virtue , and contemn every thing that can come in the competition with it . Remember , that nothing else deserves one ...
... importance of virtue . Of what consequence therefore is it that we practise it ! If you are wise , then , study virtue , and contemn every thing that can come in the competition with it . Remember , that nothing else deserves one ...
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... important as society , sacred as truth . No. 86. ] CONSTANCY . [ TUESDAY . Constancy of mind gives a man reputation , and makes him happy in despite of all misfortune . What can be more honourable than to have cou- rage enough to ...
... important as society , sacred as truth . No. 86. ] CONSTANCY . [ TUESDAY . Constancy of mind gives a man reputation , and makes him happy in despite of all misfortune . What can be more honourable than to have cou- rage enough to ...
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Page 27 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 4 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 159 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 8 - The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, [and] of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...
Page 64 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 213 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 107 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant, barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song, — where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on the...
Page 165 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar, Wait the great teacher, Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never Is, but always to be blest ; The soul, uneasy, and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Page 19 - My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me...
Page 27 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.