Addresses to Young MenStower, 1803 - 188 |
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... vanity and conceit . At that period , when the fancy paints every future scene in pleasing colours , when disappointment has not yet convinced us of the vanity of our schemes , when the first opening of our mental powers raises in us ...
... vanity and conceit . At that period , when the fancy paints every future scene in pleasing colours , when disappointment has not yet convinced us of the vanity of our schemes , when the first opening of our mental powers raises in us ...
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... vanity and con- ceit , modesty is a preservative ; and it adds a grace to early life . Young men may , indeed , sometimes possess real advantages over others of advanced years , either owing to the more favourable circumstances of their ...
... vanity and con- ceit , modesty is a preservative ; and it adds a grace to early life . Young men may , indeed , sometimes possess real advantages over others of advanced years , either owing to the more favourable circumstances of their ...
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... VANITY and VEXA- TION OF SPIRIT . But who , after a confirmed experience , ever declared the same concerning regular virtue and sobriety of manners ? Would you then exhilirate your hearts with pure de- light , and are you votaries for ...
... VANITY and VEXA- TION OF SPIRIT . But who , after a confirmed experience , ever declared the same concerning regular virtue and sobriety of manners ? Would you then exhilirate your hearts with pure de- light , and are you votaries for ...
Strona 69
... Vanity is a principal " cause of their unbelief ; and if their vanity be " accompanied with a voluptuous life , their " 6 progress in that road is swifter . Christianity " is not a religion very palatable to a volup- " tuous age ; it ...
... Vanity is a principal " cause of their unbelief ; and if their vanity be " accompanied with a voluptuous life , their " 6 progress in that road is swifter . Christianity " is not a religion very palatable to a volup- " tuous age ; it ...
Strona 116
... vanity , ambition , and joy , tend to betray them into the abuses of speech . The freedom to which they naturally indulge in each other's company , is not friendly to the modest reserve that age expects from them , and which would ...
... vanity , ambition , and joy , tend to betray them into the abuses of speech . The freedom to which they naturally indulge in each other's company , is not friendly to the modest reserve that age expects from them , and which would ...
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Strona 133 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Strona 95 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Strona 22 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Strona 133 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Strona 95 - He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Strona 70 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.
Strona 70 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Strona 91 - ... but then we shall know even as we are known ; now we see through a glass darkly, but then we shall see face to face as the apostle Excellently argues Concerning this very matter in I Cor.
Strona 54 - ... a peace which passeth all understanding;" " a wisdom pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Strona 150 - ... character more than any single species of vice whatsoever. That ready perception of guilt, that prompt and decisive resolution against it, which constitutes a virtuous character, is seldom found in persons addicted to these indulgences. They prepare an easy admission for every sin that seeks it; are, in low life, usually the first stage in men's progress to the most desperate...