The Three Great Temptations of Young Men: With Several Lectures Addressed to Business and Professional MenMoore & Anderson, 1852 - 336 páginas |
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Página 69
... virtue , and gather about them the ele- ments of a bright and genuine prosperity ; it is not solely because it adds not even a rill to the river of human joy , and gives no additional comfort to the dis- tressed hearts of men , and ...
... virtue , and gather about them the ele- ments of a bright and genuine prosperity ; it is not solely because it adds not even a rill to the river of human joy , and gives no additional comfort to the dis- tressed hearts of men , and ...
Página 76
... virtue and casts himself forth upon the boisterous and turbid sea of every evil passion . There is an intimate connection between good principles , which compels a man , if he would hold firmly to one , he must to all - which obliges ...
... virtue and casts himself forth upon the boisterous and turbid sea of every evil passion . There is an intimate connection between good principles , which compels a man , if he would hold firmly to one , he must to all - which obliges ...
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... blind to the distinctions of virtue and vice ; if successful , the excitement of gain drowns the voice of conscience ; if unsuccessful , the secret sense of injustice and the mortification of defeat urge him to 78 THE CARD - TABLE .
... blind to the distinctions of virtue and vice ; if successful , the excitement of gain drowns the voice of conscience ; if unsuccessful , the secret sense of injustice and the mortification of defeat urge him to 78 THE CARD - TABLE .
Página 82
... virtue , and when once within their fatal embrace , he fell to rise no more . These twin vices oft combine their arts to effect the ruin of the young ; and there is in this world no more firm and natural alliance than that which exists ...
... virtue , and when once within their fatal embrace , he fell to rise no more . These twin vices oft combine their arts to effect the ruin of the young ; and there is in this world no more firm and natural alliance than that which exists ...
Página 83
... Virtue he has renounced , and maddened with his loss , and waking up to the idea that should have kept back his hand from the infamous work — the idea that the scoundrel who has ruined him has no right to his money he invokes justice to ...
... Virtue he has renounced , and maddened with his loss , and waking up to the idea that should have kept back his hand from the infamous work — the idea that the scoundrel who has ruined him has no right to his money he invokes justice to ...
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Página 124 - But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Página 49 - Could the youth to whom the flavour of his first wine is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will...
Página 169 - 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.
Página 297 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Página 42 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Página 262 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Página 40 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Página 297 - If, therefore, ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Página 123 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Página 224 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy...