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Page 39
... CHRISTIAN .-- Gratitude is the homage the heart renders to God for his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation of that homage . CHEERFULNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - A cheerful temper , joined with innocence , will ...
... CHRISTIAN .-- Gratitude is the homage the heart renders to God for his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation of that homage . CHEERFULNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - A cheerful temper , joined with innocence , will ...
Page 40
... Christ labored for his ; if impatient of their commands , that Christ cheerfully obeyed ; if reluctant to provide for their parents , that Christ forgot himself ... Christian ; none so rational , so virtuous , so 40 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... Christ labored for his ; if impatient of their commands , that Christ cheerfully obeyed ; if reluctant to provide for their parents , that Christ forgot himself ... Christian ; none so rational , so virtuous , so 40 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
Page 41
Tryon Edwards. Christian ; none so rational , so virtuous , so amiable . How little vanity does he feel , though he believes himself united to God ! How far is , he from abjectness , when he ranks himself with the worms of the earth ...
Tryon Edwards. Christian ; none so rational , so virtuous , so amiable . How little vanity does he feel , though he believes himself united to God ! How far is , he from abjectness , when he ranks himself with the worms of the earth ...
Page 50
... by means of death , triumph- ing over death ; the union in Jesus Christ of two natures ; his two advents and the two states of human nature . - Pascal . CONTRAST . It is a very poor , though common 50 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... by means of death , triumph- ing over death ; the union in Jesus Christ of two natures ; his two advents and the two states of human nature . - Pascal . CONTRAST . It is a very poor , though common 50 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... Christ , on which he was ex- tended , points in the length of it , to heaven and earth , recon- ciling them together , and in the breadth of it , to former and following ages , as being equally salvation to both . CUNNING . Cunning is ...
... Christ , on which he was ex- tended , points in the length of it , to heaven and earth , recon- ciling them together , and in the breadth of it , to former and following ages , as being equally salvation to both . CUNNING . Cunning is ...
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