The Family Book: The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... employ the vacant hour of the artisan be devised ? Nay , what though methods are adopted with a view to the advancement of the kingdom of God , both abroad and at home ? Does that nation forget , or seem to forget , all the while , not ...
... employ the vacant hour of the artisan be devised ? Nay , what though methods are adopted with a view to the advancement of the kingdom of God , both abroad and at home ? Does that nation forget , or seem to forget , all the while , not ...
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... employed . How short , in almost all in- stances , is the period in which man sustains neither of these endearing relations ! Supposing a man to be miser- able first as a child , in consequence of the misconduct of his parents , and ...
... employed . How short , in almost all in- stances , is the period in which man sustains neither of these endearing relations ! Supposing a man to be miser- able first as a child , in consequence of the misconduct of his parents , and ...
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... employed by the prophet are intended to reach the core of moral disease , may be seen in a very striking and ... employ . It has been said , When nations are to perish in their sins , ' Tis in the church the leprosy begins . Let this be ...
... employed by the prophet are intended to reach the core of moral disease , may be seen in a very striking and ... employ . It has been said , When nations are to perish in their sins , ' Tis in the church the leprosy begins . Let this be ...
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... employed in Scripture to describe the present character and daily obligations of the Christian , which apply with peculiar force to the Christian parent or head of a family ; one borrowed from what is civil , and the other from what is ...
... employed in Scripture to describe the present character and daily obligations of the Christian , which apply with peculiar force to the Christian parent or head of a family ; one borrowed from what is civil , and the other from what is ...
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... employ . As though it had been said , nothing should separate , but that which separates the soul from the body , and even the component parts of the body from each other . " What , therefore , God hath joined together , let not man put ...
... employ . As though it had been said , nothing should separate , but that which separates the soul from the body , and even the component parts of the body from each other . " What , therefore , God hath joined together , let not man put ...
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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.