Traits of Character, Pursuits, Manners, Customs and Habits, Manifested by the Inhabitants of the North-eastern States in Their Common Pursuits of LifeA. Shirley, 1837 - 68 pages |
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Page 54 - Levite; and those who gave food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, raiment to the naked, entertainment to the stranger, and relief to the sick, though they never heard of his name, he declares shall in the last day be accepted; when those who cry, Lord! Lord! who value themselves upon their faith, though great enough to perform miracles, but have neglected good works, shall be rejected.
Page 53 - For my own Part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring Favours, but as paying Debts. In my Travels, and since my Settlement, I have received much Kindness from Men, to whom I shall never have any Opportunity of making the least direct Return.
Page 53 - ... with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth. Even the mixed imperfect pleasures we...
Page 53 - He that, for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person, should expect to be paid .with a good plantation, would be modest in his demands, compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth.
Page 53 - God's goodness than our merit; how much more such happiness of heaven ! For my part, I have not the vanity to think I deserve it, the folly to expect it, nor the ambition to desire it; but content myself in submitting to the will...
Page 54 - God is a duty ; the hearing and reading of sermons may be useful ; but if men rest in hearing and praying, as too many do, it is as if a tree should value itself on being watered and putting forth leaves, though it never produced any fruit.
Page 53 - I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration. I can do nothing to deserve such rewards.
Page 61 - God has promised us a renowned existence, if we will but deserve it. He speaks this promise in the sublimity of Nature. It resounds all along the crags of the Alleghanies. It is uttered in the thunder of Niagara. It is heard in the roar of two oceans, from the great Pacific to the rocky ramparts of the Bay of Fundy. His finger has written it in the broad expanse of our Inland Seas, and traced it out by the mighty Father of Waters ! The august TEMPLE in which we dwell was built for lofty...
Page 53 - I have received much kindness from men, to whom I shall never have any opportunity of making the least direct return; and numberless mercies from God, who is infinitely above being benefited by our services.
Page 54 - Your great Master thought much less of these outward appearances and professions than many of his modern disciples. He preferred the doers of...