 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pągines
...sickness with the resignation of an experienced believer. He had an unshaken reliance upon the merits of Him who took little children in his arms, and blessed them ; and at the age of seven years left this vale of tears in the triumph of faith. This solemn event... | |
 | 1833 - 404 pągines
...becoming man ; of the sufferings and persecutions of his life ; and of his cruel death upon the cross. A definite idea is introduced to the youthful mind,...took little children in his arms, and blessed them. It is very observable, in all the accounts of youthful piety, that the Savior is the prominent object... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1833 - 340 pągines
...of spirits hereafter may he join his parents to rejoice with them in thy redeeming love. In the name of him, who took little children in his arms and blessed them, do thou hear and accept us. * The words his, him, he, &.C., printed in Italics, may be changed into... | |
 | Elizabeth Sandford - 1836 - 470 pągines
...religion is the most exalted love ; to inspire a confidence in God; to impress on the heart, the image of Him who " took little children in his arms, and •blessed them;" this should be the aim of the Christian mother, that she may win to their legitimate object the earliest... | |
 | 1837 - 336 pągines
...her culture, should prove a curse, and an outcast from Heaven. Seeking the guidance and assistance of Him who " took little children in his arms and blessed them," she may mould and fashion the infant mind as she chooses. Let her see to it then, that it is led to... | |
 | David Holt - 1839 - 304 pągines
...invisible Spirit, but it is God, as manifested in the compassionate, gentle, and suffering Saviour, who attracts the sympathies of the heart. A definite...effect produced upon his own heart, by the recital of a Saviour's love, of the tendency it has to awaken in the bosom of a child the deepest emotions of contrition... | |
 | Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1839 - 698 pągines
...nations ; and by far the greater part, even of these, must be excepted from the exception. The messengers of Him who took little children. in his arms and blessed them, have suffered juvenile waywardness or perversity to mature into adult incorrigibleness and impenitency;... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1839 - 526 pągines
...whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Also, the melting tenderness of Him, who took little children in his arms, "and blessed them." And if I still farther draw out the mind, to consider, God's love to themselves in their daily experience,... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1840 - 290 pągines
...minister to this heir of salvation ! May we sanctify ourselves for this child's sake. As the disciples of him who took little children in his arms and blessed them, we ask thy blessing. All souls are thine. As the soul of the parent, so also the soul of the child... | |
 | 1848 - 800 pągines
...her mother, " You know, mother, Jesus carried the lambs in his bosom." Dear child ! She was thinking of him who took little children in his arms and blessed them — who said, " Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not." She was thinking of the... | |
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A definite idea is introduced to the youthful mind, when you speak of Him who took little children in his arms and blessed them. 
