The Christian Monitor, Volume 3Munroe and Francis, 1807 - Christian life |
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Page 44
... improving your fellow - creatures in the ways of virtue , and of carrying you at last to the greatest heights of eternal glory . As you have no mistress to serve , so let your own soul be the object of your daily care and attendance ...
... improving your fellow - creatures in the ways of virtue , and of carrying you at last to the greatest heights of eternal glory . As you have no mistress to serve , so let your own soul be the object of your daily care and attendance ...
Page 82
... improvement of the talents ; which is devoted wholly unto God ; is a state of happi- ness , prosperous labours , and glorious success . Here are not , as in the former case , any uneasy passions , murmurings , vain fears , and fruitless ...
... improvement of the talents ; which is devoted wholly unto God ; is a state of happi- ness , prosperous labours , and glorious success . Here are not , as in the former case , any uneasy passions , murmurings , vain fears , and fruitless ...
Page 83
... that greatness and digni- ty ; but if we desire real happiness , we have no other possible way to it , but by improving our talents , by so holily and piously using the powers and faculties of men in this present state , 83.
... that greatness and digni- ty ; but if we desire real happiness , we have no other possible way to it , but by improving our talents , by so holily and piously using the powers and faculties of men in this present state , 83.
Page 100
... improved with care and contrivance , by art and method , and a diligent use of the best helps ; it is for want of considering it in this light , that so many people are so little benefitted by it , and live and die strangers to that ...
... improved with care and contrivance , by art and method , and a diligent use of the best helps ; it is for want of considering it in this light , that so many people are so little benefitted by it , and live and die strangers to that ...
Page 101
... improving , and suiting our devotions to the condition of our lives , and the state of our hearts .. Those , who have most leisure , seem more especially called to a more eminent observance of these holy rules of a devout life . They ...
... improving , and suiting our devotions to the condition of our lives , and the state of our hearts .. Those , who have most leisure , seem more especially called to a more eminent observance of these holy rules of a devout life . They ...
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