Let us say, then, if we will, that the youth who thus sacrifices the present for the future, chooses wisely between two evils, profligacy and asceticism. Fruits of philosophy - Page 25by Charles Knowlton - 1891 - 87 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Mant - Apologetics - 1813 - 440 pages
...by " the riches of God's goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering," " while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when we shall say, we have no pleasure in them; or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain,... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1820 - 514 pages
..."lay up in store for ourselves a good foundation against the time to come, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when we shall say we have no pleasure in them." How dreary must the winter of life be, when the previous seasons have been passed in sloth, in idleness,... | |
| William Allen (of Peel.) - Sermons, English - 1835 - 426 pages
...as to interfere with our present enjoyments, but still that it shall be " while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when we shall say, we have no pleasure in them." If, in future life, we are not too much contaminated with the intercourses of wilful and worldly sin,... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1838 - 300 pages
...sick bed ; but may all of us remember our Creator in the days of our youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when we shall say, we have no pleasure in them ! — All I ask is in the name of Christ Jesus, for whom I bless thee, and to whom with the Father... | |
| Robert Dale Owen - Birth control - 1842 - 56 pages
...one ? Does not hisdom bid ns temperately enjoy the spring-time of life, " while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when, we shall say, ' We have no pleasure in them 1" Thus, inasmuch as the scruple of incurring heavy responsibilities deters from forming moral connections,... | |
| Jane Elizabeth Holmes, Mrs. Jerram (Jane Elizabeth Holmes) - Children - 1849 - 242 pages
...great goodness to us. Let us " remember our Creator in the days of our youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when we shall say we have no pleasure in them : while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after... | |
| 1851 - 860 pages
...it is a peculiar mercy to " remember our Creator in the days of our youth, while the evil days come \* T rejoice that the Lord has been pleased to give you a concern about your immortal soul in your youthful... | |
| Robert Dale Owen - Birth control - 1875 - 110 pages
...one ? Does not wisdom bid us tern perately enjoy the spring-time of life, " while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when we shall say, '...the present for the future, chooses wisely between two evils, profligacy and asceticism. This is true. But let us not imagine the lesser evil to be a... | |
| Robert Dale Owen - Birth control - 1875 - 102 pages
...one? Does not wisdom bid us tem perately enjoy the spring-time of life, " while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when we shall say, '..." Let us say, then, if we will, that the youth who thug sacrifices the present for the future, chooses wisely between two evils, profligacy and asceticism.... | |
| Edward Huntingford - 1877 - 266 pages
...words. He means that if we really remember God the evil days will never come, and the years will never draw nigh, when we shall say we have no pleasure in them. Indeed, religion can give a greater freshness to the heart in manhood and old age, than even the happiest... | |
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