The Twentieth DoorCongregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, 1893 - 357 pages |
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Page 23 - And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin : and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 324 - God: and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away. And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
Page 23 - Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Page 24 - Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek : for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 20 - No man can serve two masters ; for either he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you ; Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Page 298 - Morally, it is unchivalrous and unchristian. 1 1. It gains money by the lowest and most unjust means, for it takes money out of your neighbour's pocket without giving him anything in return. ' 2. It tempts you to use what you fancy your superior knowledge of a horse's merits — or anything else — to your neighbour's harm.
Page 298 - I hope you have not won. I should not be sorry for you to lose. If you have won I should not congratulate you. If you wish to please me, you will give back to its lawful owners the money you have won. If you are a loser in gross thereby, I will gladly reimburse your losses this time. As you had put in you could not in honour draw back till after the event.
Page 298 - Derby and had hedged to make safe. " Now all this is bad, bad, nothing but bad. Of all habits gambling is the one I hate most and have avoided most. Of all habits it grows most on eager minds. Success and loss alike make it grow. Of all habits, however much civilised men may give way to it, it is one of the most intrinsically savage. Historically it has been the peace excitement of the lowest brutes in human form for ages past.
Page 299 - Nonsense. The same argument would prove that I have a right to maim or kill a man if only I give him leave to maim or kill me if he can and will. '' I have spoken my mind once and for all on a matter on which I have held the same views for more than twenty years, and trust in God...
Page 104 - The effects of this agent, often severe, even on those who have attained to manhood, are specially injurious to the young who are still in the stage of adolescence. In these the habit of smoking causes impairment of growth, premature manhood, and physical prostration.