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... Providence hath rendered me incapable of being useful in other ways ; and as I am myfelf declining into the vale of years , and , by long - continued daily infirmities , got very far into it . From much experience , therefore , I know ...
... Providence hath rendered me incapable of being useful in other ways ; and as I am myfelf declining into the vale of years , and , by long - continued daily infirmities , got very far into it . From much experience , therefore , I know ...
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... Providence hath given them ftrength , and intends that they fhould ufe it . By a moderate exertion of it in bufinefs or mo- tion , it increaseth . Yet there are too ma- 6 ny inftances of young perfons who are un- naturally indolent ...
... Providence hath given them ftrength , and intends that they fhould ufe it . By a moderate exertion of it in bufinefs or mo- tion , it increaseth . Yet there are too ma- 6 ny inftances of young perfons who are un- naturally indolent ...
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Job Orton. of man's apoftacy from God . Neverthe lefs , the wifdom of Providence is apparent in this difference . One is fometimes ready to wish that the aged , who have most wif- dom and experience , had moft ftrength : but , while we ...
Job Orton. of man's apoftacy from God . Neverthe lefs , the wifdom of Providence is apparent in this difference . One is fometimes ready to wish that the aged , who have most wif- dom and experience , had moft ftrength : but , while we ...
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... Providence , that , while old people often lofe their fight and hearing , and are incapable of walking about , they have ftill the power of speech : a plain intimation that God intends you fhould use it wifely , and for his glory . If ...
... Providence , that , while old people often lofe their fight and hearing , and are incapable of walking about , they have ftill the power of speech : a plain intimation that God intends you fhould use it wifely , and for his glory . If ...
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... Providence , and expofing yourselves to general contempt . * To fee aged perfons fcrambling for the honours and preferments of this world , which they can Though gray our heads , our thoughts and aims are green : Like damag'd clocks ...
... Providence , and expofing yourselves to general contempt . * To fee aged perfons fcrambling for the honours and preferments of this world , which they can Though gray our heads , our thoughts and aims are green : Like damag'd clocks ...
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Page 47 - 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 87 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 191 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 234 - The LORD our GOD be with us, as He was with our fathers : let Him not leave us, nor forsake us : That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Page 338 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 90 - ... that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Page 28 - I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page xii - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 116 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 7 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...