First Things: A Series of Lectures on the Great Facts and Moral Lessons First Revealed to MankindM. W. Dodd, 1852 - Bible |
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Page 190
... filial honor ; and his descendants were eminently the favored race . He was the progenitor of the wide - spread Hebrew nation - a people renowned in literature , in arts , in arms , in wealth and intelligence - a people that once pos ...
... filial honor ; and his descendants were eminently the favored race . He was the progenitor of the wide - spread Hebrew nation - a people renowned in literature , in arts , in arms , in wealth and intelligence - a people that once pos ...
Page 193
... filial disobedience and contempt ; the blessing upon Shem and Japheth is God's blessing upon filial obedience and honor . There is no being in the universe but has claims upon other beings ; they are sacred claims . God has his rights ...
... filial disobedience and contempt ; the blessing upon Shem and Japheth is God's blessing upon filial obedience and honor . There is no being in the universe but has claims upon other beings ; they are sacred claims . God has his rights ...
Page 194
... Filial piety begins in the heart ; where all right affections begin . It is of little use for a child to attempt to regulate his outward conduct toward his parents , so long as he takes no pains to regu- late his inward spirit . If he ...
... Filial piety begins in the heart ; where all right affections begin . It is of little use for a child to attempt to regulate his outward conduct toward his parents , so long as he takes no pains to regu- late his inward spirit . If he ...
Page 195
... filial respect and honor are measured by favors and benefits , they are short - lived . Pa- rents have a right to expect from their children a different state of mind from this . Neither mer- cenary expectation , nor slavish fear , is ...
... filial respect and honor are measured by favors and benefits , they are short - lived . Pa- rents have a right to expect from their children a different state of mind from this . Neither mer- cenary expectation , nor slavish fear , is ...
Page 196
... filial relation . He will be grieved for the sins of his parents ; but he will still remember that they are his parents , and as such , he will hon- or them . There is no relaxation , no lifting of the bond from the conscience of the ...
... filial relation . He will be grieved for the sins of his parents ; but he will still remember that they are his parents , and as such , he will hon- or them . There is no relaxation , no lifting of the bond from the conscience of the ...
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Page 137 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 124 - Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ...
Page 189 - And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard; And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Page 362 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 9 - Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Page 258 - O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, 'Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee...
Page 90 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Page 247 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 378 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 247 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...