Illustrations of the Law of KindnessWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 226 pages |
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... nature to their deepest fountain ; but no sooner was the angel voice of Howard heard , and his kindness felt , than the long - sealed feelings were opened , the dried - up sources of tears were filled , the waters of sorrow flowed , and ...
... nature to their deepest fountain ; but no sooner was the angel voice of Howard heard , and his kindness felt , than the long - sealed feelings were opened , the dried - up sources of tears were filled , the waters of sorrow flowed , and ...
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... nature and its wants . And not only did he subdue all hearts around him , but his Christian conduct has obtained for him an honourable fame in all the nations where his name is known . When he died , which took place in 1826 , the love ...
... nature and its wants . And not only did he subdue all hearts around him , but his Christian conduct has obtained for him an honourable fame in all the nations where his name is known . When he died , which took place in 1826 , the love ...
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... nature to with- stand a long course of kindness . Pride and stub- bornness may , for a time , stay the tide of better feelings , like the waters of the stream pent up by gathering masses of ice ; but those better feelings will ...
... nature to with- stand a long course of kindness . Pride and stub- bornness may , for a time , stay the tide of better feelings , like the waters of the stream pent up by gathering masses of ice ; but those better feelings will ...
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... nature was most prominently developed , that the law of kind- ness received a perpetual and practical illustration in the tenor of his daily acts , and secured for the good prelate the grateful affection of contemporaries , and the ...
... nature was most prominently developed , that the law of kind- ness received a perpetual and practical illustration in the tenor of his daily acts , and secured for the good prelate the grateful affection of contemporaries , and the ...
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... nature . After having gained the knowledge he wished , the actor awkwardly offered a guinea to the doctor as a fee . " Put up thy money , poor fellow , " cried the doctor ; " put up thy money . Thou hast need of all thy cash , and all ...
... nature . After having gained the knowledge he wished , the actor awkwardly offered a guinea to the doctor as a fee . " Put up thy money , poor fellow , " cried the doctor ; " put up thy money . Thou hast need of all thy cash , and all ...
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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.