Lectures to the Young...John Welwood Scott, 1812 - 246 pages |
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... hour - glass and a scythe , beside him or in his hand , all of which are to remind us that all things beneath the sun are transitory and swiftly pass away . We are told that time has four eyes , two before and two behind , two of which ...
... hour - glass and a scythe , beside him or in his hand , all of which are to remind us that all things beneath the sun are transitory and swiftly pass away . We are told that time has four eyes , two before and two behind , two of which ...
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Robert May. £ 60,000 for a day , and £ 100,000 for an hour with these awful but unavailing expressions on his lips , he expired , leaving behind him a solemn warning to all to redeem their time . O my dear young friends , let us turn the ...
Robert May. £ 60,000 for a day , and £ 100,000 for an hour with these awful but unavailing expressions on his lips , he expired , leaving behind him a solemn warning to all to redeem their time . O my dear young friends , let us turn the ...
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... hours and days that have been wasted in idleness and sinful delight . what O a sad report does this monitor give to the Teacher , concerning many of the scholars in this school . Some are obstinate scholars ; some are dull scholars ...
... hours and days that have been wasted in idleness and sinful delight . what O a sad report does this monitor give to the Teacher , concerning many of the scholars in this school . Some are obstinate scholars ; some are dull scholars ...
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... hours for sleep , eight hours for eating , drinking , dressing , reading the scrip- tures , praying to God , and other necessary things , and eight hours for going to school , learning your lessons , and storing every know- ledge that ...
... hours for sleep , eight hours for eating , drinking , dressing , reading the scrip- tures , praying to God , and other necessary things , and eight hours for going to school , learning your lessons , and storing every know- ledge that ...
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... hours , And ask them what report they bore to Heaven , And how they might have borne more welcome news . " " Seek the Lord while he may be found , call upon him while he is near , " for it is time to ap- ply your heart to that which ...
... hours , And ask them what report they bore to Heaven , And how they might have borne more welcome news . " " Seek the Lord while he may be found , call upon him while he is near , " for it is time to ap- ply your heart to that which ...
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Page 199 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 200 - And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.
Page 129 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother : Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Page 134 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 129 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 194 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 121 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Page 120 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 121 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 48 - He that committeth sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil.