The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 19
... turns himself more and more away from God , and becomes less and less like him . While in this state , he may possess many seem- ing virtues , may enjoy an untarnished reputation , may win the love of many friends ; but is none the less ...
... turns himself more and more away from God , and becomes less and less like him . While in this state , he may possess many seem- ing virtues , may enjoy an untarnished reputation , may win the love of many friends ; but is none the less ...
الصفحة 23
... turning in any other . Hence we rarely hear the word duty from the lips of the reformer . He constantly descants upon rights or wrongs , while duties seem forgot- ten . Thus we hear perpetually of the rights or of the wrongs of man or ...
... turning in any other . Hence we rarely hear the word duty from the lips of the reformer . He constantly descants upon rights or wrongs , while duties seem forgot- ten . Thus we hear perpetually of the rights or of the wrongs of man or ...
الصفحة 27
... turn away with a sor- rowful countenance ; for there are many things in which we wish to follow our own wills with- out stopping to consult the will of God , and we wish to believe that we can do this and yet be quite virtuous enough to ...
... turn away with a sor- rowful countenance ; for there are many things in which we wish to follow our own wills with- out stopping to consult the will of God , and we wish to believe that we can do this and yet be quite virtuous enough to ...
الصفحة 30
... turn from the love of God to the love of self , from seeking the truth of God to seeking out its own vain imagi- nations , and from performing the orderly uses of a life of charity to all the disorderly indulgen- ces of selfish passion ...
... turn from the love of God to the love of self , from seeking the truth of God to seeking out its own vain imagi- nations , and from performing the orderly uses of a life of charity to all the disorderly indulgen- ces of selfish passion ...
الصفحة 34
... turn away from the church door ; for it went no deeper than our Thoughts . At another time , what we hear goes with us to our homes , haunts us through the week , and perhaps is made a standard whereby to measure the virtues or the ...
... turn away from the church door ; for it went no deeper than our Thoughts . At another time , what we hear goes with us to our homes , haunts us through the week , and perhaps is made a standard whereby to measure the virtues or the ...
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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...