The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 11
... performance ; and until it is accomplished , there is no safety for the Character , for each year is adding additional force to careless or evil habits of thought and affection , and consequently of external life . It is not going too ...
... performance ; and until it is accomplished , there is no safety for the Character , for each year is adding additional force to careless or evil habits of thought and affection , and consequently of external life . It is not going too ...
الصفحة 23
... performance of duty , who desires simply to do the will of God , is firm as a rock , but never violent . He prays , with the poet , - " Let not this weak , unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw , And deal damnation round the land ...
... performance of duty , who desires simply to do the will of God , is firm as a rock , but never violent . He prays , with the poet , - " Let not this weak , unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw , And deal damnation round the land ...
الصفحة 103
... performance of duty , but only entice us with the allurements of sensuality and self- indulgence ; or still worse , if discontent , envy , and malice darken the temple of Imagination with their scowls , the kingdom of heaven is far from ...
... performance of duty , but only entice us with the allurements of sensuality and self- indulgence ; or still worse , if discontent , envy , and malice darken the temple of Imagination with their scowls , the kingdom of heaven is far from ...
الصفحة 131
... performance of the immediate duties of life that are included in the family cir- cle , and in all that relates to the particular occu- pation of the individual . This is the natural re- sult of an interior love to the Lord ; for this ...
... performance of the immediate duties of life that are included in the family cir- cle , and in all that relates to the particular occu- pation of the individual . This is the natural re- sult of an interior love to the Lord ; for this ...
الصفحة 154
... performance of duty . The performance of duty , the fulfilling of use , which , rightly understood , is the universal pana- cea against all the troubles and sorrows of this life , is too often a fearful bugbear in the eyes of those who ...
... performance of duty . The performance of duty , the fulfilling of use , which , rightly understood , is the universal pana- cea against all the troubles and sorrows of this life , is too often a fearful bugbear in the eyes of those who ...
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الصفحة 23 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw. And 'deal damnation round the land. On each I judge thy foe.
الصفحة 212 - Might I give counsel to any young hearer, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and life that is the most wholesome society ; learn to admire rightly ; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired ; they admired great things : narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
الصفحة 7 - ... never reach, and had I but the power of rightly disposing and relating them, his single example would be more instructive than all the rules of the best moralists, for his practice was of a more Divine extraction, drawn from the Word of God and wrought up by the assistance of His Spirit...
الصفحة 7 - By Christianity I intend that universal habit of grace which is wrought in a soul by the regenerating Spirit of God, whereby the whole creature is resigned up into the divine...