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Page 45
... dangerous paths , in which experience has shewn that you are so ready to err , and to fall . In reviewing past life , it cannot but occur , that many things now appear of inconsider SERMON inconsiderable importance , which once oc- III ...
... dangerous paths , in which experience has shewn that you are so ready to err , and to fall . In reviewing past life , it cannot but occur , that many things now appear of inconsider SERMON inconsiderable importance , which once oc- III ...
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... danger of being lost . These cheer the hours of sadness , lighten the burden of old age , and , through the morti- fying remembrance of much of the past , dart a ray of light and joy.- From the re- view of these , and the comparison of ...
... danger of being lost . These cheer the hours of sadness , lighten the burden of old age , and , through the morti- fying remembrance of much of the past , dart a ray of light and joy.- From the re- view of these , and the comparison of ...
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... dangers which apparently threaten . But having done this , we must stop ; and leave the rest to him who disposeth of futurity at his will . He who sitteth in the heavens laughs at the wisdom and the plans of worldly men . Wherefore ...
... dangers which apparently threaten . But having done this , we must stop ; and leave the rest to him who disposeth of futurity at his will . He who sitteth in the heavens laughs at the wisdom and the plans of worldly men . Wherefore ...
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... to be filled up . They require that some be appointed to rule , and others to obey ; some to defend the society from danger , others to main- F 2 tain IV . 1 SERMON tain its internal order and peace to Middle Age . 67.
... to be filled up . They require that some be appointed to rule , and others to obey ; some to defend the society from danger , others to main- F 2 tain IV . 1 SERMON tain its internal order and peace to Middle Age . 67.
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... with vigilance against the peculiar dangers which attend the period of middle life . It is much to be regretted , that in the present state of things there is ΠΟ IV . no period of man's age in which his 70 On the Duties belonging.
... with vigilance against the peculiar dangers which attend the period of middle life . It is much to be regretted , that in the present state of things there is ΠΟ IV . no period of man's age in which his 70 On the Duties belonging.
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