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Page 160
It is also worthy of remark , that the text seems to lay an emphasis upon these
words , _ " Rebecca's nurse ; ” and it is not improbable that the sorrow expressed
at her interment was not only on account of her character as a woman , but her ...
It is also worthy of remark , that the text seems to lay an emphasis upon these
words , _ " Rebecca's nurse ; ” and it is not improbable that the sorrow expressed
at her interment was not only on account of her character as a woman , but her ...
Page 177
Doubtless it was performed , and perhaps may be so to this hour ; at least , it
seems not improbable that for ages some of this singular family may have been
found among the spiritual worshippers of God . Let us see , however , whether we
can ...
Doubtless it was performed , and perhaps may be so to this hour ; at least , it
seems not improbable that for ages some of this singular family may have been
found among the spiritual worshippers of God . Let us see , however , whether we
can ...
Page 262
By too many in the present day , and these individuals who possess both
benevolent and patriotic intentions , it seems to be received as an
incontrovertible and sound maxim , that , in order to the radical cure of a nation
sunk in vice , or ...
By too many in the present day , and these individuals who possess both
benevolent and patriotic intentions , it seems to be received as an
incontrovertible and sound maxim , that , in order to the radical cure of a nation
sunk in vice , or ...
Page 315
... it seems , he must glance at the subject of Family Government , or Domestic
order , subordination and harmony : as much as to signify to every succeeding
age , that they are Christians but of inferior character indeed , who have not paid
a ...
... it seems , he must glance at the subject of Family Government , or Domestic
order , subordination and harmony : as much as to signify to every succeeding
age , that they are Christians but of inferior character indeed , who have not paid
a ...
Page 420
Far , indeed , am I from taking this heavenly intimation in any other sense , than
the words , in their connection , seem at ... Praise , it seems , by our Lord's reply ,
admits of degrees - and , it also appears , can , by him , be carried to the highest ...
Far , indeed , am I from taking this heavenly intimation in any other sense , than
the words , in their connection , seem at ... Praise , it seems , by our Lord's reply ,
admits of degrees - and , it also appears , can , by him , be carried to the highest ...
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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...
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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.
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| Title | The Family Book: The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
| Author | Christopher Anderson |
| Publisher | R. Carter, 1848 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 424 pages |
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