Mark Wilton, the Merchant's ClerkProtestant Episcopal Book Society, 1847 - 214 pages |
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Page 88 - For we have heard him say ; That this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Page 74 - And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
Page 34 - Punctuality gives weight to character. "Such a man has made an appointment." — " Then I know he will keep it." And this generates punctuality in you ; for, like other virtues, it propagates itself. Servants and children must be punctual when the head of the family is so.
Page 73 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Page 203 - ... fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness : for bodily exercise is profitable for a little ; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 74 - And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Page 50 - God with all your heart with all your mind and with all your strength.
Page 34 - ... you, because he is going elsewhere ; and when he gets there, he is too late for his business, or he must hurry away to another before he can finish it. It was a wise maxim of the Duke of Newcastle —
Page 34 - METHOD, as Mrs. More says, is the very hinge of business : and there is no method without PUNCTUALITY. Punctuality is important, because it subserves the peace and good temper of a family : the want of it not only infringes on necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this duty.
Page 110 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.