The Family Book: The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... Almighty ? Let but one only of these be disdained , or even forgotten- say , the imperious , and unchanging , and universal obligations of its domestic circle ; then in vain shall that people apply many medicines — in vain devise prompt ...
... Almighty ? Let but one only of these be disdained , or even forgotten- say , the imperious , and unchanging , and universal obligations of its domestic circle ; then in vain shall that people apply many medicines — in vain devise prompt ...
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... Almighty on his way to the sad scene , calls for Abraham , saying , " Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation , and all the nations of the earth shall be ...
... Almighty on his way to the sad scene , calls for Abraham , saying , " Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do ; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation , and all the nations of the earth shall be ...
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... Almighty set the solitary in families . Every family has in fact a sacred character belonging to it , which may indeed be forgotten or disdained ; but the family is constituted , and ought therefore to be conducted , with the prospect ...
... Almighty set the solitary in families . Every family has in fact a sacred character belonging to it , which may indeed be forgotten or disdained ; but the family is constituted , and ought therefore to be conducted , with the prospect ...
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... , indeed , seems to be one intention of the Almighty , according to an interesting passage in the New Testament Scriptures . * Lowth . † Scott . It is manifest from it , that marriage is symbolical 34 DOMESTIC CONNECTIONS .
... , indeed , seems to be one intention of the Almighty , according to an interesting passage in the New Testament Scriptures . * Lowth . † Scott . It is manifest from it , that marriage is symbolical 34 DOMESTIC CONNECTIONS .
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... Almighty the sole and exclusive venera- tion and worship of all his intelligent creatures ; and in order to this , he addresses himself to the root or head of every family . Clothing the parent with high authority , as he intended to do ...
... Almighty the sole and exclusive venera- tion and worship of all his intelligent creatures ; and in order to this , he addresses himself to the root or head of every family . Clothing the parent with high authority , as he intended to do ...
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Page 215 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 242 - 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 326 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 111 - Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 73 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Page 112 - 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 171 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 414 - 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 407 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 334 - But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.