Letters to the youngPresbyterian Board of Publications, 1828 - 241 Seiten |
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... imagination , enriched the understanding , strengthened the judgment ? Have they pourtrayed heroism , alike in the power of valour , and the tenderness of affec- tion ? Have they illustrated character , de- veloped the springs of action ...
... imagination , enriched the understanding , strengthened the judgment ? Have they pourtrayed heroism , alike in the power of valour , and the tenderness of affec- tion ? Have they illustrated character , de- veloped the springs of action ...
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... imagination . Exa- mine him , then , in his wanderings , and in his subsequent prosperity as king of Israel ; - you will find the heroic traits still strong upon his character . Observe his forbearance under injuries , which LETTERS TO ...
... imagination . Exa- mine him , then , in his wanderings , and in his subsequent prosperity as king of Israel ; - you will find the heroic traits still strong upon his character . Observe his forbearance under injuries , which LETTERS TO ...
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... imagination may be charmed , your sensibility excited , and your mind en- riched , but your heart will continue at " enmity towards God ; " your life remain uninfluenced by his precepts . The waters of the sanctuary may flow over your ...
... imagination may be charmed , your sensibility excited , and your mind en- riched , but your heart will continue at " enmity towards God ; " your life remain uninfluenced by his precepts . The waters of the sanctuary may flow over your ...
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... , than to be brought into closer contact with them , into more en- larged and kindly communion . Very few of the great imaginative writers are morbidly disposed ; they may overtop their brethren , in mind 112 LETTERS TO THE YOUNG .
... , than to be brought into closer contact with them , into more en- larged and kindly communion . Very few of the great imaginative writers are morbidly disposed ; they may overtop their brethren , in mind 112 LETTERS TO THE YOUNG .
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... of Egypt ? " Who shall wage victorious warfare with a proud , ambitious spirit , cast down every high imagination , bring every thought into subjection to the cross of Christ , and in that despised object behold 122 LETTERS TO THE YOUNG .
... of Egypt ? " Who shall wage victorious warfare with a proud , ambitious spirit , cast down every high imagination , bring every thought into subjection to the cross of Christ , and in that despised object behold 122 LETTERS TO THE YOUNG .
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Absalom Ahab allegory beauty behold bible blessing character Christ Christian comfort David dear dearest death declension delight desire divine divine grace duty earth earthly enjoyment eternity everlasting evil faith fancy Father favour fear feel fruit fulness give glorious glory gospel grace Habakkuk happiness hath heart heaven holy Holy Spirit honour hope human idolatry imagination influence intel intellectual Isaiah Israel Jesus Jews king Lamb of God less LETTER light living look Lord ment merely mind motive mournful Naboth nature ness never Old Testament ourselves peace perfect person pleasure poetry possess pray prayer principle promised prophet Psalm racters regard religion salvation satisfied Saviour scriptures seek Sir John Moore sorrow soul spirit strength strive taste thee thine things thou thoughts tion true truth uncon unto vanity verse walk Washington Irving whilst wilderness words
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Seite 115 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is...
Seite 238 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Seite 239 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day : And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Seite 15 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.
Seite 51 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
Seite 30 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Seite 100 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Seite 22 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Seite 23 - Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Seite 187 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.