A Practical View of Christian Education in Its Earliest StagesCummings and Hilliard. Boston bookstore, no. 1, Cornhill, 1818 - 196 páginas |
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Página 90 - liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou " shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and " they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And " thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house,
Página 110 - to the happiness, of the scholar, is apparent. So true is it, in this as in every thing, that " godliness has the promise of "the life that now is, as well as of that which is to " come." The disposition which we are considering crowns all those which have been mentioned, at the same time that it is dependent upon them.
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Página 175 - and violence. Compare the sufferings inflicted by the Inquisition, with those which proceed from natural distempers. Well might David, when allowed a choice of evils, say, "^Let me fall now into " the hand of the Lord, for very great are his
Página 147 - his feelings will readily respond to the notes. you strike ; and you will see in his countenance and air a cordial assent to the scriptural representation, that " the ways of religion are ways of pleasantness, " and all her paths are peace," and that the wicked has no peace, but " is like the troubled sea, which
Página 117 - profit," that they " may* " be partakers of his holiness." I will not dwell on this subject: it is a painful one, whether we contemplate the parent or the child; but it is one which ought to engage the most serious consideration, and excite the earnest prayers, of all who wish to
Página 37 - and catch somewhat of the inward disposition which distorts the features of the nurse ? Thus begin the efforts of a parent to cherish all that is benevolent and affectionate in the bosom of a child ; and to prevent the growth of every thing of an opposite nature,