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... exercise of all his faculties , the power of ac- quiring knowledge for himself . We must not only fill his mind with the thoughts of others , but teach him to think for himself . It will be of little use to read to the young a lecture ...
... exercise of all his faculties , the power of ac- quiring knowledge for himself . We must not only fill his mind with the thoughts of others , but teach him to think for himself . It will be of little use to read to the young a lecture ...
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... exercise for the intellectual faculties , and crush by the surest means the moral feelings . Continued labours which exhaust the youthful frame , together with constant fatigue and diminished rest , must lay the foundation for disease ...
... exercise for the intellectual faculties , and crush by the surest means the moral feelings . Continued labours which exhaust the youthful frame , together with constant fatigue and diminished rest , must lay the foundation for disease ...
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... exercise , might impress a character on the population they dwell among , and call into ani- mation some dormant spirit which slumbers in the shade of unnoticed obscurity . Let us not estimate the value of our benevolent endeavours by ...
... exercise , might impress a character on the population they dwell among , and call into ani- mation some dormant spirit which slumbers in the shade of unnoticed obscurity . Let us not estimate the value of our benevolent endeavours by ...
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... exercise of their powers , and this renders it easy to amuse them . We must not pretend to dictate to the child how every hour of its young existence is to be em- ployed , or bind down its wandering fancy to habitual attention . The ...
... exercise of their powers , and this renders it easy to amuse them . We must not pretend to dictate to the child how every hour of its young existence is to be em- ployed , or bind down its wandering fancy to habitual attention . The ...
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... exercise in childhood ; and the mercy of God has provided for the earliest years of man's life a perpetual source of ... exercising Christian benevolence , and of ac- quiring experience ; and thus the system of gra- tuitous religious ...
... exercise in childhood ; and the mercy of God has provided for the earliest years of man's life a perpetual source of ... exercising Christian benevolence , and of ac- quiring experience ; and thus the system of gra- tuitous religious ...
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Página 66 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Página 33 - When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Página 127 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Página 108 - Christianity must have been, in a great degree, sunk and forgot in a very few ages. To prevent this appears to have been one reason why a visible church was instituted; to be, like a city upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which we owe our maker; to call men continually, to by example and instruction, to attend to it...
Página 122 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Página 62 - Then," in the full sense of the words (Rev. xi. 15), " shall the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his CHRIST, and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Página 54 - I lighted a bit of paper, at the embers of a turf which lay in the chimney, and looked in. It was a cellar wholly dark; and about twelve feet square: two bundles of straw lay in two corners; on one, sat a bed-ridden...
Página 11 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Página 101 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me : he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house : he that telleth Lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Página 108 - Church was instituted; to be, like a City upon a Hill, a standing Memorial to the World, of the Duty which we owe our Maker; to call Men continually, both by Example and Instruction, to attend to it...