The gifts of God, a series of meditations

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Página 43 - Brethren, if one of you do err from the truth, and one convert him," not to this or that opinion, but to God ; " let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.
Página 61 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Página 40 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Página 63 - SOWER divine ! Sow the good seed in me, Seed for eternity. "Tis a rough barren soil, Yet by thy care and toil, Make it a fruitful field An hundredfold to yield. Sower divine, Plough up this heart of mine ! Sower divine ! Quit not this wretched field Till thou hast made it yield, • Sow thou by day and night, In darkness and in light. Stay not thy hand, but sow ; Then shall the harvest grow. Sower divine, Sow deep this heart of mine...
Página 15 - But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some have coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Página 17 - Sell that ye have, and give alms : provide yourselves bags that wax not old ; a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, &c Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning,
Página 48 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Página 21 - O DEATH, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, Unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: Yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!
Página 36 - Set a watch, 0 Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips. 4 0 let not mine heart...

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