The Duty of Giving Away a Stated Proportion of Our IncomePresbyterian Board of Publication, 1857 - 59 |
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... least , will cheerfully leave it to Providence to fix the limit of your in- crease . But one word : as you proceed upwards , one earnest word : Walk warily on those heights ! Heads are often turned up there ; and fearful gulfs yawn ...
... least , will cheerfully leave it to Providence to fix the limit of your in- crease . But one word : as you proceed upwards , one earnest word : Walk warily on those heights ! Heads are often turned up there ; and fearful gulfs yawn ...
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William Arthur. GROUNDS OF THE DUTY . 17 least one - tenth of all which He commits to our stewardship . These are my views as to the duty for which I am now pleading ; and are , I presume , however shades and points may vary , in ...
William Arthur. GROUNDS OF THE DUTY . 17 least one - tenth of all which He commits to our stewardship . These are my views as to the duty for which I am now pleading ; and are , I presume , however shades and points may vary , in ...
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... least to` this extent - that , of his all , one tenth went to sacred things , and thus connected with them his affections and his hopes . Less than that he could not consecrate to the service of his God , without a trespass against his ...
... least to` this extent - that , of his all , one tenth went to sacred things , and thus connected with them his affections and his hopes . Less than that he could not consecrate to the service of his God , without a trespass against his ...
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... least a tenth of our in- come has no grounds ; for the conclusions to which it leads are not satisfactory . I will now assert that it has grounds . They may be thus stated : - GIVING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . This ...
... least a tenth of our in- come has no grounds ; for the conclusions to which it leads are not satisfactory . I will now assert that it has grounds . They may be thus stated : - GIVING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . This ...
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... least a fifth , perhaps a third , of his yearly income . Passing on to the Patriarchs , you find Jacob , when houseless , awaking from his sleep by the road- side , solemnly vowing to the God of his fathers , that if only " bread to eat ...
... least a fifth , perhaps a third , of his yearly income . Passing on to the Patriarchs , you find Jacob , when houseless , awaking from his sleep by the road- side , solemnly vowing to the God of his fathers , that if only " bread to eat ...
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Strona 6 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Strona 12 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Strona 12 - A faithful man shall abound with blessings : but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be 'innocent.
Strona 7 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Strona 55 - Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Strona 15 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil ? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Strona 37 - Let him that stole steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Strona 13 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Strona 57 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Strona 14 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.