The Christian Father's Present to His Children, Τόμος 2Jonathan Leavitt, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 4
... influence . Other things being equal , that man will be the most useful , who has the greatest measure of information . Here I shall offer some directions for your guidance in the selection of books . Books may be divided into two ...
... influence . Other things being equal , that man will be the most useful , who has the greatest measure of information . Here I shall offer some directions for your guidance in the selection of books . Books may be divided into two ...
Σελίδα 12
... influence on the public mind and taste as other works of fiction do . As to religious novels , they are rarely worth your attention . I should be sorry to see this species of writing become the general reading of the religious public ...
... influence on the public mind and taste as other works of fiction do . As to religious novels , they are rarely worth your attention . I should be sorry to see this species of writing become the general reading of the religious public ...
Σελίδα 15
... influence of ardent spirits , which fits men for desperate ad- ventures , but not for the more steady and sober efforts of ordinary enterprise . Observe then , although I do not totally con- demn all works of fiction , for then I should ...
... influence of ardent spirits , which fits men for desperate ad- ventures , but not for the more steady and sober efforts of ordinary enterprise . Observe then , although I do not totally con- demn all works of fiction , for then I should ...
Σελίδα 17
... influence upon the moral and religious character . This is an axiom . No reasoning is necessary to support it ; no eloquence is re- quisite to illustrate it : none but an atheist can oppose it . 2. All recreations are improper , which ...
... influence upon the moral and religious character . This is an axiom . No reasoning is necessary to support it ; no eloquence is re- quisite to illustrate it : none but an atheist can oppose it . 2. All recreations are improper , which ...
Σελίδα 24
... my situation not only tolerable , but even sometimes pleasant ? By the exercises and influence of true religion ; by the intercourse of a holy fellowship with pious companions ; and by the assistance of books . Try 24 THE CHRISTIAN ...
... my situation not only tolerable , but even sometimes pleasant ? By the exercises and influence of true religion ; by the intercourse of a holy fellowship with pious companions ; and by the assistance of books . Try 24 THE CHRISTIAN ...
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Σελίδα 51 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Σελίδα 24 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Σελίδα 68 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Σελίδα 117 - O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord...
Σελίδα 69 - Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised.
Σελίδα 153 - And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Σελίδα 67 - She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships : she bringeth her food from afar.
Σελίδα 126 - Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven ; but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Σελίδα 44 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Σελίδα 153 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.