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Page 97 - So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 322 - We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Page 69 - God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 185 - LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Page 115 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 239 - And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net brake. 7And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 'Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Page 380 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 228 - When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
Page 246 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Page 153 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover ; will ye therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews ? Then cried they all again, saying ; Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Young Christian, Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty Volume 1 of Young Christian series, Jacob Abbott |
| Author | Jacob Abbott |
| Edition | 5, abridged, revised |
| Publisher | Religious Tract Society, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 7, 2007 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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