The Three Great Temptations of Young Men: With Several Lectures Addressed to Business and Professional MenMoore & Anderson, 1852 - 336 páginas |
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... voices . No sooner , however , was he once within their power , than they cruelly destroyed him . There was heavenly enchantment in their singing , but certain death in their embrace ; the power of their melody at a distance was ...
... voices . No sooner , however , was he once within their power , than they cruelly destroyed him . There was heavenly enchantment in their singing , but certain death in their embrace ; the power of their melody at a distance was ...
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... voices urge . The minor temptations which first beset their path often conduct to these perilous enchantments . Could the bones of their victims be heaped around the doors within which they ply their fiendish trade ; could the skeletons ...
... voices urge . The minor temptations which first beset their path often conduct to these perilous enchantments . Could the bones of their victims be heaped around the doors within which they ply their fiendish trade ; could the skeletons ...
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... voice not be wholly lost amidst the roar of earthly business , nor the seductions of pleasure and the demands of a frivolous literature prevent the young man whose eye may rest on these pages from giving heed to the lessons of wisdom ...
... voice not be wholly lost amidst the roar of earthly business , nor the seductions of pleasure and the demands of a frivolous literature prevent the young man whose eye may rest on these pages from giving heed to the lessons of wisdom ...
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... voice to which all men should reverently listen and implicitly bow . It is from the one will that all laws in the natural and the spiritual world have proceeded ; and it belongs to our noblest manhood to study these laws , and ...
... voice to which all men should reverently listen and implicitly bow . It is from the one will that all laws in the natural and the spiritual world have proceeded ; and it belongs to our noblest manhood to study these laws , and ...
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... voice against it as suicidal , so with greater emphasis do all history and experience . The history of the deeds of this arch - tempter no man can read without ticipate . The brain , in particular , exhibits marks of disorder , and a ...
... voice against it as suicidal , so with greater emphasis do all history and experience . The history of the deeds of this arch - tempter no man can read without ticipate . The brain , in particular , exhibits marks of disorder , and a ...
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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...