The Christian Monitor, Volume 2Munroe and Francis, 1806 - Christian life |
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... Direct your thoughts then to this interesting subject . Contemplate the inestimable privi- lege of a restoration to the image and compla- cency of him , whose " favour is life and , whose loving kindness is better than life . " Call to ...
... Direct your thoughts then to this interesting subject . Contemplate the inestimable privi- lege of a restoration to the image and compla- cency of him , whose " favour is life and , whose loving kindness is better than life . " Call to ...
Page 51
... things which belong to our peace . " Mer- cies and afflictions proceed from the same source , and originate in the same motive . Both are benevolently designed , and both natu- 166 rally tend to direct our thoughts and desires to God 51.
... things which belong to our peace . " Mer- cies and afflictions proceed from the same source , and originate in the same motive . Both are benevolently designed , and both natu- 166 rally tend to direct our thoughts and desires to God 51.
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rally tend to direct our thoughts and desires to God . Take but a superficial survey of your past life , and you will perceive the truth of this remark . You will recollect repeated instan ces , in which the conduct of heaven has ...
rally tend to direct our thoughts and desires to God . Take but a superficial survey of your past life , and you will perceive the truth of this remark . You will recollect repeated instan ces , in which the conduct of heaven has ...
Page 69
... direct , " and suggest the propriety of additional petitions in behalf of our rivals , will call forth our unwearied vigilance , activity , and resolu- tion to avoid every injurious design and per- petration , and adhere , with ...
... direct , " and suggest the propriety of additional petitions in behalf of our rivals , will call forth our unwearied vigilance , activity , and resolu- tion to avoid every injurious design and per- petration , and adhere , with ...
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... direct their steps , and give an issue to their intentions and actions , favour- able to the happiness of the nation , most of the ills , by which kingdoms and states are so often infested , convulsed , and dismembered would disappear ...
... direct their steps , and give an issue to their intentions and actions , favour- able to the happiness of the nation , most of the ills , by which kingdoms and states are so often infested , convulsed , and dismembered would disappear ...
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Page 205 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from theet But the night shineth as the day. The darkness and the...
Page 96 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: "then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 231 - She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Page 44 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 18 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 126 - Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Page 81 - If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse...
Page 184 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 65 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 17 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.