 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - Theology - 1820 - 558 pages
...charity to all mankind be uniformly displayed. In the words of our divine Teacher, Let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. THE following -exquisitely-beautiful apologue, inadvertently ascribed to Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1820 - 358 pages
...exemplary to others in a holy and virtuous conversation ; our light is so to shine before men, that others may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. And do we think all this is to be done in an instant? That we may put off this work to the last, and... | |
 | London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) - Society of Friends - 1821 - 470 pages
...that no offence or occasion of stumbling be given to religious enquirers, but that our " light may so shine before men, " that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which " is in heaven." f The amount of Friends' sufferings brought in this year from England and Wales, being principally... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Sermons, English - 1821 - 448 pages
...public, or where we may be seen of men; for our Saviour has also commanded, that our "light should so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." The meaning therefore of this text is, not that we should forbear to give alms in the sight of men,... | |
 | 1821 - 598 pages
...with respect and esteem, where they expected nothing but obloquy and injury. When we are cautioned to ' let our light shine before men that they may see our good works," and ' to provide all things honest and of good report in the sight of all men,' it might be reasonably... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...with respect and esteem, where they expected nothing but obloquy and injury. When we are cautioned to ' let our light shine before men that they may see our good works,' and ' to provide all things honest and of good report in the sight of all men,' it might be reasonably... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 602 pages
...with respect and esteem, where they expected nothing but obloquy and injury. When we are cautioned to ' let our light shine before men that they may see our good works,' and ' to provide all things honest and of good report in the sight of all men,' it might be reasonably... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1821 - 294 pages
...conversation becoming the gospel of Christ. May we stand complete in the will of God ; and may our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father, who is in heaven. May we long to serve our generation ; may wisdom select and regulate our means; and... | |
 | Daniel Sheppard Wayland - 1821 - 476 pages
...exhibition of Christian charity; it would be even contrary to our Saviour's express command, that " men may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven." But the question is, if the same benevolence which animates us in society, warms us in solitude ; if... | |
 | Thomas Adam - Theology - 1822 - 562 pages
...the Lord unto all well-pleasing, adorn the doctrine of Jesus Christ by a suitable, holy life, and " let our light shine before men, that they may see...works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." Here is a man in whom the Spirit dwells, and Christ reigns. The words whereby we must be saved are... | |
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They cannot mean that," answered Mr. Mertonn, " for our Lord has also told us to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven... 
