The Young Man's Counsellor: Or, Sketches and Illustrations of the Duties and Dangers of Young Men; Designed to be a Guide to Success in this Life and to Happiness in the Life which is to ComeCarlton & Phillips, 1852 - 255 pàgines |
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Pàgina 5
... humanity , like some of our living merchant princes ? If the gift of eloquence be hidden in his undeveloped soul , will he use it , like Summerfield , in favor of relig- ion , or like Patrick Henry and Adams , in 1 *
... humanity , like some of our living merchant princes ? If the gift of eloquence be hidden in his undeveloped soul , will he use it , like Summerfield , in favor of relig- ion , or like Patrick Henry and Adams , in 1 *
Pàgina 6
... soul , which beams with intelli- gence and power in his countenance , ally itself with its Creator , and thus rise to the sublime height of its destiny ; or will it wage war with truth and duty , and thus sink to degradation and to ...
... soul , which beams with intelli- gence and power in his countenance , ally itself with its Creator , and thus rise to the sublime height of its destiny ; or will it wage war with truth and duty , and thus sink to degradation and to ...
Pàgina 20
... souls after the great prizes of religion and virtue , they would have become conquerors ; for outward things have power only in proportion to the mind to be affected by them . the disposition of Why , for example , does the sublime and ...
... souls after the great prizes of religion and virtue , they would have become conquerors ; for outward things have power only in proportion to the mind to be affected by them . the disposition of Why , for example , does the sublime and ...
Pàgina 21
... soul of the meditative and cultivated man is in har- mony with her charms . Hence , over the former she has no power , while she inspires the latter with rap- ture . So with the charms of vice ; they fall power- less upon minds which ...
... soul of the meditative and cultivated man is in har- mony with her charms . Hence , over the former she has no power , while she inspires the latter with rap- ture . So with the charms of vice ; they fall power- less upon minds which ...
Pàgina 22
... soul to respond to the fatal voices which solicit your senses to trespass upon forbidden grounds . And herein - I sol- emnly repeat it lies your most imminent danger . - These views are certainly sufficient to dim the lustre of those ...
... soul to respond to the fatal voices which solicit your senses to trespass upon forbidden grounds . And herein - I sol- emnly repeat it lies your most imminent danger . - These views are certainly sufficient to dim the lustre of those ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 175 - 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.
Pàgina 183 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Pàgina 111 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Pàgina 62 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Pàgina 41 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Pàgina 199 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Pàgina 79 - I SEND you here a sort of allegory, (For you will understand it) of a soul, A sinful soul possess'd of many gifts, A spacious garden full of flowering weeds, A glorious Devil, large in heart and brain, That did love Beauty only, (Beauty seen In all varieties of mould and mind) And Knowledge for its beauty ; or if Good, Good only for its beauty...
Pàgina 61 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Pàgina 149 - Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Pàgina 238 - It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and counsel him ; one who can reason, and reflect, and feel, and judge, and discourse and discriminate ; one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten his cares, sooth his sorrows, purify his joys, strengthen his principles, and educate his children.