The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... feel no disappointment , though he should hear both philosophy and ethics say , it is not in us — or human sagacity , it is not in me ; for , after all , perhaps he may find it within the narrow compass of a single human dwelling ...
... feel no disappointment , though he should hear both philosophy and ethics say , it is not in us — or human sagacity , it is not in me ; for , after all , perhaps he may find it within the narrow compass of a single human dwelling ...
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... feeling increasing tenderness for it . This beautiful and affecting arrangement of our Creator , the civil and sacred character , united at once in the very constitution of a family , and in the person of its head , gives rise to some ...
... feeling increasing tenderness for it . This beautiful and affecting arrangement of our Creator , the civil and sacred character , united at once in the very constitution of a family , and in the person of its head , gives rise to some ...
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... feeling her care , and the greatest as not exempted from her power , " must direct us here . This law is generally divided into two tables ; and these have been summed up , by the lawgiver him- 723 DOMESTIC CONNEXIONS . 22.
... feeling her care , and the greatest as not exempted from her power , " must direct us here . This law is generally divided into two tables ; and these have been summed up , by the lawgiver him- 723 DOMESTIC CONNEXIONS . 22.
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... the reader have consulted the able and in- teresting chronology of Hales , and feel partial to it ; then , extended though the period seem , he will find , that still there was from Adam even to Noah only DOMESTIC CONNEXIONS . 29.
... the reader have consulted the able and in- teresting chronology of Hales , and feel partial to it ; then , extended though the period seem , he will find , that still there was from Adam even to Noah only DOMESTIC CONNEXIONS . 29.
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... feeling of this passage is manifest . Here we see a father who thought not for himself alone ; who , when he could go no further than a peradventure , waited not , like Eli , till God should send a message to threaten him for the sins ...
... feeling of this passage is manifest . Here we see a father who thought not for himself alone ; who , when he could go no further than a peradventure , waited not , like Eli , till God should send a message to threaten him for the sins ...
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Page 354 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 234 - 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 84 - Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 42 - 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 381 - And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David...
Page 98 - 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 54 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 375 - 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 99 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence, and that after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Page 280 - Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.