Illustrations of the Law of KindnessWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 226 pages |
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... kindness , taken from real life , are its most influential illustrations , and are better calculated to convince men ... law of revenge for the law of love , the author will consider it an ample reward for his labours . GEO . W ...
... kindness , taken from real life , are its most influential illustrations , and are better calculated to convince men ... law of revenge for the law of love , the author will consider it an ample reward for his labours . GEO . W ...
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... law of kindness has been practised , it has been as much more salutary in its influence , and as much more glorious in its results , than those of re- venge , as virtue is more salutary and glorious than iniquity . For ... LAW OF KINDNESS .
... law of kindness has been practised , it has been as much more salutary in its influence , and as much more glorious in its results , than those of re- venge , as virtue is more salutary and glorious than iniquity . For ... LAW OF KINDNESS .
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... law of revenge ; surely , the desire must be strong , and the prayer ardent ... Law sanction the spirit of re- taliation , in the requisition of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth . But it must be ... KINDNESS AND REVENGE . 3.
... law of revenge ; surely , the desire must be strong , and the prayer ardent ... Law sanction the spirit of re- taliation , in the requisition of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth . But it must be ... KINDNESS AND REVENGE . 3.
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... law of kindness ? Do we love our enemies , and over- come evil with good ? Far from it ! We deliberately fold up the banner of Christ , put aside the laws which God has made for us , voluntarily submit ourselves to the requirements of ...
... law of kindness ? Do we love our enemies , and over- come evil with good ? Far from it ! We deliberately fold up the banner of Christ , put aside the laws which God has made for us , voluntarily submit ourselves to the requirements of ...
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... law , " Love your enemies ! " Yet we still claim to be a Christian people , even when enlightened portions of community sanction a rule that is a direct contradic- tion of one of the most prominent precepts in the ... LAW OF KINDNESS .
... law , " Love your enemies ! " Yet we still claim to be a Christian people , even when enlightened portions of community sanction a rule that is a direct contradic- tion of one of the most prominent precepts in the ... LAW OF KINDNESS .
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Page 155 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendes.t more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Page 112 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 166 - If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments ; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments ; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Page 195 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son ! 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Page 156 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 167 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 167 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell ; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Page 156 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Page 15 - Thy father made our yoke grievous : now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Page 14 - And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.