The Evil Tendencies of Corporal Punishment: As a Means of Moral Discipline in Families and Schools, Examined and Discussed

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M.H. Newman, 1847 - 270 pages
 

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Page 110 - Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? Till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times : but, Until seventy times seven.
Page 110 - I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 8 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever : but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Page 8 - ... we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil : cast in thy lot among us ; let us all have one purse : my son, walk not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy foot from their path : for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Page 8 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 8 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Page 7 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, "Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy," but I say unto you, "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 260 - I may have erred ; but, of the following facts, there can be no doubt : — 1. During all this time, I never saw a teacher hearing a lesson of any kind (excepting a reading or spelling lesson) with a book in his hand. 2. I never saw a teacher sitting while hearing a recitation. 3. Though I saw hundreds of schools, and thousands — I think I may say, within bounds, tens of thousands — of pupils, / never saw one child undergoing punishment, or arraigned for misconduct. I never saw one child in tears...
Page 110 - Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof : and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Page 50 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

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