Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 2J. Walker & Company, 1824 |
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... human falsehood , deceit , and treachery , resembles the traveller in the wilderness , who discerns no ob- jects around him but what are either dreary or ter- rible ; caverns that open , serpents that hiss , and beasts of prey that howl ...
... human falsehood , deceit , and treachery , resembles the traveller in the wilderness , who discerns no ob- jects around him but what are either dreary or ter- rible ; caverns that open , serpents that hiss , and beasts of prey that howl ...
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... humanity in judg- ing of others . The worst consequences , both to ourselves and to society , follow from the opposite spirit . Let us beware of encouraging a habit of suspicions , by forming too severe and harsh opinions concerning human ...
... humanity in judg- ing of others . The worst consequences , both to ourselves and to society , follow from the opposite spirit . Let us beware of encouraging a habit of suspicions , by forming too severe and harsh opinions concerning human ...
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... human character ; it is connected with magnanimity ; it is justified by wisdom ; it is suitable to the relation in which we stand to one another . But if reason and humanity be insufficient to restrain us from rash and unchari- table ...
... human character ; it is connected with magnanimity ; it is justified by wisdom ; it is suitable to the relation in which we stand to one another . But if reason and humanity be insufficient to restrain us from rash and unchari- table ...
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... human character exhibited in the records of Scripture , is more remarkable and in- structive than that of this patriarch . He is one whom we behold tried in all the vicissitudes of fortune ; from the condition of a slave , rising to be ...
... human character exhibited in the records of Scripture , is more remarkable and in- structive than that of this patriarch . He is one whom we behold tried in all the vicissitudes of fortune ; from the condition of a slave , rising to be ...
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... human events ; and is calculated to draw the highest attention of all who are endowed with any degree of sensibility of heart . Let us consider the sentiment which Joseph utters in the text under two views , each of which is very ...
... human events ; and is calculated to draw the highest attention of all who are endowed with any degree of sensibility of heart . Let us consider the sentiment which Joseph utters in the text under two views , each of which is very ...
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