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... spirits . In a town where there has been a revival the past winter , there is a person who has been from a child in the habit of drinking ardent spirit freely , per- haps almost to excess ; and who , until recently , seldom attended a ...
... spirits . In a town where there has been a revival the past winter , there is a person who has been from a child in the habit of drinking ardent spirit freely , per- haps almost to excess ; and who , until recently , seldom attended a ...
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... spirit as a medicine , was presented with the total abstinence pledge . After reading it he said , " That is the thing that will save our country - I will sign it ! " " No , " said one , " you must not sign it , because ardent spirit is ...
... spirit as a medicine , was presented with the total abstinence pledge . After reading it he said , " That is the thing that will save our country - I will sign it ! " " No , " said one , " you must not sign it , because ardent spirit is ...
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... spirit to sustain them . " The old man , whose head was whitened with the frosts of 91 winters , replied , " I do not know but old people need ardent spirit ; but I am not old enough yet to need it . " 5. LESSONS FROM THE BRUTES . ( a ) ...
... spirit to sustain them . " The old man , whose head was whitened with the frosts of 91 winters , replied , " I do not know but old people need ardent spirit ; but I am not old enough yet to need it . " 5. LESSONS FROM THE BRUTES . ( a ) ...
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... spirit of the play was upon him with a power that made a strong im- pression of reality upon the hearers , and made them shudder as he pro- nounced the following , accompanied by the plunge of the dagger that brought him to his death ...
... spirit of the play was upon him with a power that made a strong im- pression of reality upon the hearers , and made them shudder as he pro- nounced the following , accompanied by the plunge of the dagger that brought him to his death ...
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... spirit of dissipation and gaiety that led them to Spa , for they were not to be seen in any of the gay and fashionable circles ; they were never out of their father's company , and never stirred from home except to attend him , either ...
... spirit of dissipation and gaiety that led them to Spa , for they were not to be seen in any of the gay and fashionable circles ; they were never out of their father's company , and never stirred from home except to attend him , either ...
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Page 611 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that ' except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 384 - The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Page 332 - Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts: but to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the...
Page 438 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Page 134 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 50 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 468 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.
Page 135 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Page 611 - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 611 - The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance, and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.