Advice to a Young Christian: On the Importance of Aiming at an Elevated Standard of PietyJ.S. Taylor, 1838 - 196 من الصفحات |
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... past . His conduct , and the motives which prompted it , should pass under investi- gation . I cannot , my young friend , too strongly re- commend to you this practice . The most emi- nent saints have been distinguished for it ; and I ...
... past . His conduct , and the motives which prompted it , should pass under investi- gation . I cannot , my young friend , too strongly re- commend to you this practice . The most emi- nent saints have been distinguished for it ; and I ...
الصفحة 115
... past experience . If you suffer this to have a practical influence upon you , it will palsy every effort , and make you to sit down in indolence , satisfied with present attainments , when you should be pressing towards the mark , for ...
... past experience . If you suffer this to have a practical influence upon you , it will palsy every effort , and make you to sit down in indolence , satisfied with present attainments , when you should be pressing towards the mark , for ...
الصفحة 116
... past experience . They seem to have set- tled the point once for all . They will perhaps admit , that , as to present evidence of Christian character , they have not much to offer ; but they refer you to the time when their evidence was ...
... past experience . They seem to have set- tled the point once for all . They will perhaps admit , that , as to present evidence of Christian character , they have not much to offer ; but they refer you to the time when their evidence was ...
الصفحة 117
... past , instead of in- quiring into present marks of grace . It is a sad proof , that they are either deceived with false appearances , or declining from God , and from duty . I do not mean , by these remarks , to imply , that we are ...
... past , instead of in- quiring into present marks of grace . It is a sad proof , that they are either deceived with false appearances , or declining from God , and from duty . I do not mean , by these remarks , to imply , that we are ...
الصفحة 118
... past , and suffering it to operate as an opiate to present vigilance and activity . Past experience is one of the devil's lures to vain confidence ; one of the veriest subterfuges of hypocrisy ; one of the most common and fatal grounds ...
... past , and suffering it to operate as an opiate to present vigilance and activity . Past experience is one of the devil's lures to vain confidence ; one of the veriest subterfuges of hypocrisy ; one of the most common and fatal grounds ...
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الصفحة 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States. entitled, " an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled, " an act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
الصفحة 73 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
الصفحة 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
الصفحة 89 - ... connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
الصفحة 18 - Christianity consists in the fruits of the Spirit, which are " love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.
الصفحة 58 - Such was the religion of the Scribes and Pharisees ; fair and beautiful without, but within, all rottenness and corruption. Reflect a moment ere you bend the knee at the throne of grace. I am not now about to approach an earthly monarch, who, though surrounded with the pomp and circumstance of royalty, is but a worm of the dust like myself; but I am to have audience with the King of kings — the Lord of the whole earth. I am about to come into the presence, and to utter the name of Him, at whose...
الصفحة 6 - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
الصفحة 163 - ... trials, that no man can be happy, except his heart rest in God, and in him alone. I read the law of Moses, and perceived that those Jews are wrong, who despise the word given by God upon the mount Sinai, under thunders and lightnings. I read the prophets and the psalms of David, and was persuaded that those men spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
الصفحة 2 - ADVICE TO A YOUNG CHRISTIAN, on the Importance of aiming at an elevated standard of piety. By a Village Pastor. With an Introductory Essay by the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Princeton, NJ 18mo.
الصفحة 15 - ... East Indies, and many natives of Europe, of course. It was therefore proposed, that at the next meeting, the three young gentlemen first referred to, together with an eminently pious young nobleman of Holland, should each give a particular narrative of the rise and progress of the work of grace in his soul.