The Itinerary of a Traveller in the Wilderness ... The Second EditionTaylor & Hessey, 1825 - 245 pages |
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Page 13
... walking lamely , even in the way to Zion ! The diamond , in whatever direction it is turned , appears equally bril- liant , equally attractive , nor requires to be placed in a certain position to exhibit its matchless lustre : so should ...
... walking lamely , even in the way to Zion ! The diamond , in whatever direction it is turned , appears equally bril- liant , equally attractive , nor requires to be placed in a certain position to exhibit its matchless lustre : so should ...
Page 43
... walking on tiptoe , with outstretched neck , and countenance inflated with self com- placency ! and another mounted on stilts , to render himself yet more conspicuous ! These are the conceited and the vain , ' who imagine themselves to ...
... walking on tiptoe , with outstretched neck , and countenance inflated with self com- placency ! and another mounted on stilts , to render himself yet more conspicuous ! These are the conceited and the vain , ' who imagine themselves to ...
Page 54
... walk wisely in it ( which is more than can be said of every one who does walk in that way ) ; they guide their affairs with discretion ; and while dealing out their bread to the hungry , and ' giving good measure , heaped up , and ...
... walk wisely in it ( which is more than can be said of every one who does walk in that way ) ; they guide their affairs with discretion ; and while dealing out their bread to the hungry , and ' giving good measure , heaped up , and ...
Page 60
... walk circumspectly in all things ; not as fools , but as wise . ' But in our musings on this current coin , have we not forgotten the solemn event which gave birth to them ? No , we have not forgotten it ; but as it is the termination ...
... walk circumspectly in all things ; not as fools , but as wise . ' But in our musings on this current coin , have we not forgotten the solemn event which gave birth to them ? No , we have not forgotten it ; but as it is the termination ...
Page 88
... walk in it ; or have you given the preference to that which was circuitous and indirect ? This un- happy propensity habitually influences some tempers , even in their most common concerns ; they seek after windings and intricacies , and ...
... walk in it ; or have you given the preference to that which was circuitous and indirect ? This un- happy propensity habitually influences some tempers , even in their most common concerns ; they seek after windings and intricacies , and ...
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Page 206 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 122 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 149 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 202 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 44 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 135 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of .darkness into his marvellous light...
Page 93 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 49 - My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Page 35 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
Page 31 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...