 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 pages
...obtain it, 2 Sam. xv. 3, 4. A disposition to be content with such things as -we have, and to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, would L certainly cure us of the foolish habit of looking on the stations and advantages of others,... | |
 | 1806 - 662 pages
...his gospel, relying for assistance on his Holy Spirit ; conducting ourselves with propriety in th;it state of life in which it has pleased God to call...good sense and piety, where I so little expected to h'ud it, I exclaimed, " Just step into this humble cot, ye rich anJ gay, and learn that happiness ye... | |
 | 1839 - 248 pages
...London, for great wages are in many cases the cause of great troubles. Nothing like being contented in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us. Did you ever hear the fable of the discontented spider, Sally ? Sally. No, sir, I do not know that... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pages
...perform in our various stations ; let us all pray for grace that we may each of us diligently do our duty in that state of life in •which it has pleased God to call us. MGN SCRAPS FROM A COMMON-PLACE BOOK. THE celebrated Grotius, one of the most learned men the world... | |
 | 1839 - 496 pages
...obtain it, 2 Sam. xv. 3, 4. A disposition to be content with such things as we have, and to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, would certainly cure us of the foolish habit of looking on the stations and advantages of others, and... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1841 - 576 pages
...relying for assistance on his Holy Spirit ; conducting ourselves with propriety in that state of lile in which it has pleased God to call us, we shall,...poor uncertain life for a better, where we shall be forever happy ; and the frequent interment of our friends and neighbors, inform us daily this event... | |
 | George Long - 1845 - 264 pages
...forbidden to desire worldly success, but it must not be our first object if we intend to " do our duty in that state of life in which " it has pleased God to call us." The legal and medical professions require the highest integrity in those who exercise them, to enable... | |
 | 1845 - 740 pages
...where you will find none but God," say Dr. Pusey and Snrin. The Church of England bids us do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us. But as Surin informs us, some saints have said " surprising things," of which one inatauce will suffice:... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1846 - 226 pages
...London, for great wages are in many cases the cause of great troubles. Nothing like being contented in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us. Did you ever hear the fable of the discontented spider, Sally ? Sally. No, sir, I do not know that... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pages
...remembered our catechism, though it was written in far different days from these, and tried to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us." The good doctor was right Young people too often shrink from the plain prosaic duties close to their... | |
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m afraid you wilfully overlook the religious side of the question, Mary; the divine command to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us. 
