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Page 127
... observed that to have given them the institutions of civil freedom , without first preparing them for it , would not have been either kindness or wisdom . The minds of the people need- ed to be trained to new associations , new concep ...
... observed that to have given them the institutions of civil freedom , without first preparing them for it , would not have been either kindness or wisdom . The minds of the people need- ed to be trained to new associations , new concep ...
Page 131
... observed that if parents were to instruct their children in God's law , by thus writing it for them ; it follows that both parents and children must have been able to read it when written , for other- wise the writing would have been ...
... observed that if parents were to instruct their children in God's law , by thus writing it for them ; it follows that both parents and children must have been able to read it when written , for other- wise the writing would have been ...
Page 142
... observations at once introduce a view of the subject to which I wish to call especial atten- tion . I mean the duty and expediency of maintaining the use of the Bible in our schools . Did my limits permit I would respectfully suggest ...
... observations at once introduce a view of the subject to which I wish to call especial atten- tion . I mean the duty and expediency of maintaining the use of the Bible in our schools . Did my limits permit I would respectfully suggest ...
Page 159
... observed as a day of rest by our legislatures and by our civil authorities . To what precept or command do our makers of law and ministers of law yield obedience , in thus ob- serving one day out of seven , if it is not the com- mand of ...
... observed as a day of rest by our legislatures and by our civil authorities . To what precept or command do our makers of law and ministers of law yield obedience , in thus ob- serving one day out of seven , if it is not the com- mand of ...
Page 171
... observed , there is nothing in these ordinances , or in the pursuits growing out of them , which was either designed or calculated to discou- rage commerce and the arts . So far as they had any bearing on these two great sources of ...
... observed , there is nothing in these ordinances , or in the pursuits growing out of them , which was either designed or calculated to discou- rage commerce and the arts . So far as they had any bearing on these two great sources of ...
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Page 56 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 93 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 13 - Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God ; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
Page 98 - Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee : and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 265 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 73 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
Page 265 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 100 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shall keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 125 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 131 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart : and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.