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... Sorrow The Evils of Poverty The Pleasures of Poverty The Evils of Wealth 56 64 71 78 84 89 The Pleasures of Wealth 96 The Religion of Childhood ( First Reflection ) 103 The Religion of Childhood ( Second Reflection ) 109 The Newly ...
... Sorrow The Evils of Poverty The Pleasures of Poverty The Evils of Wealth 56 64 71 78 84 89 The Pleasures of Wealth 96 The Religion of Childhood ( First Reflection ) 103 The Religion of Childhood ( Second Reflection ) 109 The Newly ...
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... sorrow ? He seeks the depths of retirement and solitude , where his soul holds eloqucnt communion with itself , and ... sorrows and troubles , thou wast with me ! Thou didst watch over me and my family , sinful and wicked as we were ...
... sorrow ? He seeks the depths of retirement and solitude , where his soul holds eloqucnt communion with itself , and ... sorrows and troubles , thou wast with me ! Thou didst watch over me and my family , sinful and wicked as we were ...
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... sorrow and vain hope , and rely only on thy providence for support ! " We should not anticipate too much of evil or good that may await us in the future . Both are equally pernicious . Neither be deluded by hope . It ever leads men ...
... sorrow and vain hope , and rely only on thy providence for support ! " We should not anticipate too much of evil or good that may await us in the future . Both are equally pernicious . Neither be deluded by hope . It ever leads men ...
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... sorrow , is seldom of long duration . Why shoul we despair at the setting of the sun , when we know he wil smile upon us so soon again ? Consider the whole exten of thy present adversity , and if every thing on earth is darl and ...
... sorrow , is seldom of long duration . Why shoul we despair at the setting of the sun , when we know he wil smile upon us so soon again ? Consider the whole exten of thy present adversity , and if every thing on earth is darl and ...
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... sorrows receive the same solace , as in the bosom of our family ? Whose hand wipes the tear from our cheek , or the chill of death from our brow , with the same fondness and care as that of the wife ? If the raging elements are ...
... sorrows receive the same solace , as in the bosom of our family ? Whose hand wipes the tear from our cheek , or the chill of death from our brow , with the same fondness and care as that of the wife ? If the raging elements are ...
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HOURS OF DEVOTION Heinrich] 1771-1848 [Zschokke,American Institute of Letters No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 242 - For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Page 59 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 148 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit : but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Page 216 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him...
Page 201 - The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, And they that dwell therein are desolate: Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men left.
Page 139 - If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Page 239 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Page 236 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry; Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
Page 183 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 242 - Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.