A Primer of EthicsGinn, 1900 - 127 pages |
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Page 80 - It chills my blood to hear the Blest Supreme Rudely appealed to, on each trifling theme. Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise ; To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
Page 66 - Yet the poor beetle which we tread upon, In corporal suffering feels a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 82 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?
Page 127 - Ask him about his eternal interests, and he tells you that his only confidence is in Christ, and that die when he may, he knows he shall stand boldly at the last great day clothed in his Saviour's righteousness. He speaks very confidently though never boastingly; though he has no time to...
Page 95 - Children ought to be submissive to parental authority. To be submissive is to yield a willing and cheerful obedience. The child, who openly disobeys his father or mother, is guilty of great sin. He is not submissive. He rebels. He rebels against the authority of his parents, and thus breaks the commands of God. So with the child who secretly disobeys. If we do what our parents command while they see us, and then, when we suppose we are not observed, secretly disobey, we violate our duty.