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Page 88
... speak of a precocity of vice and licentiousness . At the early age of seventeen , he is cast on the great world of Carthage , where he frequented the theatres , kept a mistress , and studied rhetoric ; and , but for his self - respect ...
... speak of a precocity of vice and licentiousness . At the early age of seventeen , he is cast on the great world of Carthage , where he frequented the theatres , kept a mistress , and studied rhetoric ; and , but for his self - respect ...
Page 100
... speaking , and having no idea of learn- ing the truth at the lips of a Church teacher . By and by , as he listened , he discovered that much more could be said in favour of the Scriptures than he thought ; and with increasing interest ...
... speaking , and having no idea of learn- ing the truth at the lips of a Church teacher . By and by , as he listened , he discovered that much more could be said in favour of the Scriptures than he thought ; and with increasing interest ...
Page 121
... speak , a certain fruitful root which , according to the will , either blooms with the flowers of virtue , or bristles with the thorns of vice . " Or , to use another illustration , " the will is a balance in equipoise , free to good or ...
... speak , a certain fruitful root which , according to the will , either blooms with the flowers of virtue , or bristles with the thorns of vice . " Or , to use another illustration , " the will is a balance in equipoise , free to good or ...
Page 132
... speak . At last he rises . How imposing that presence ! how striking that attitude ! how finely modulated that voice ! what tones ! you say . No , none of all this ; but you whisper to the swarthy African next you , " That is surely not ...
... speak . At last he rises . How imposing that presence ! how striking that attitude ! how finely modulated that voice ! what tones ! you say . No , none of all this ; but you whisper to the swarthy African next you , " That is surely not ...
Page 146
... speak of the second resurrec- tion - that is , the resurrection of bodies , which will take place at the end - but of the first , which takes place now . In order to distinguish it from the other , he says , " The hour cometh , and now ...
... speak of the second resurrec- tion - that is , the resurrection of bodies , which will take place at the end - but of the first , which takes place now . In order to distinguish it from the other , he says , " The hour cometh , and now ...
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Page 125 - As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
Page 303 - THIS interesting and attractive series of Stories for Young People is primarily intended, as the title imports, to inculcate in an unobtrusive manner the " Golden Rule." The old proverb saith truly, " Precepts may lead, but examples draw." It will be found that these Stories bear upon the cardinal elements of character — quietly and naturally showing the necessity of their culture— bringing out in a pleasant genial manner the teachings of experience, and the true aims of life.
Page 128 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Page 101 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 154 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 100 - How long, how long? To-morrow, and to-morrow? Why not now? Why is there not this hour an end to my uncleanness?
Page 281 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 138 - For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 144 - Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a pharisee and the other a publican ; the pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican ; I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Page 278 - CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us ; therefore let us keep the feast ; Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.