Influence of the Ministry at Large in the City of Boston

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James Munroe & Company, 1836 - Boston (Mass.) - 72 pages
 

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Page 29 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart— It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Page 6 - O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Page 6 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 10 - He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned.
Page 4 - ... that others seeing our good works, may glorify our Father which is in heaven.
Page 19 - ... clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, while the laborer is fed with the crumbs which fall from the table of the rich.
Page 13 - Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Page 20 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Page 11 - They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick : / came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Page 22 - ... ignominy, and witness women in cottages quietly pointing out, without even the question being asked , which are their children by their husband, and which by other men previous to marriage ; and when he finds that he can scarcely step into a town or parish in any county without meeting with some instance or other of this character, he will no longer consider the pecuniary pressure on the rate-payer as the first in the class of evils which the Poor Laws have entailed upon the community.

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