A Sermon, Preached at the Funeral of His Excellency William Eustis, Esq: Late Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Presence of the Constituted Authorities of the State, February 11, 1825. ... |
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... permanent impressions favor- able to a life of piety and virtue . It will be my purpose to contribute to this desirable object by offering a few remarks on the importance of forming a just estimate of the duration of our earthly 4.
... permanent impressions favor- able to a life of piety and virtue . It will be my purpose to contribute to this desirable object by offering a few remarks on the importance of forming a just estimate of the duration of our earthly 4.
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... estimate of the duration of our earthly existence . There is no future event more certain than the dissolution of the body . In our serious moments we all acknowledge that Death is an enemy from whom we cannot disengage ourselves , and ...
... estimate of the duration of our earthly existence . There is no future event more certain than the dissolution of the body . In our serious moments we all acknowledge that Death is an enemy from whom we cannot disengage ourselves , and ...
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... estimate of the value of time ! address yourselves diligently , and studious- ly to the arithmetic of human life . Add up the number of your days , and you will be compelled to acknowledge , that they are few and evil ; that your years ...
... estimate of the value of time ! address yourselves diligently , and studious- ly to the arithmetic of human life . Add up the number of your days , and you will be compelled to acknowledge , that they are few and evil ; that your years ...
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... estimation " be lighter than nothing and vanity ? " Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? Why grasp at air , for what is earth beside ? What , tho ' we wade in wealth , or soar in fame , Earth's highest station ends in " Here he ...
... estimation " be lighter than nothing and vanity ? " Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? Why grasp at air , for what is earth beside ? What , tho ' we wade in wealth , or soar in fame , Earth's highest station ends in " Here he ...
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... estimation , at least , are interesting and im- portant , then you propose to become religious . But let me ask , do you know that you shall live to accomplish your purposes ? Have you made an agreement with death , or a league with the ...
... estimation , at least , are interesting and im- portant , then you propose to become religious . But let me ask , do you know that you shall live to accomplish your purposes ? Have you made an agreement with death , or a league with the ...
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Page 11 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none ; and they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 20 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high.
Page 13 - Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies," And " Dust to dust
Page 15 - I have to seek the Lord while he may be found, and to call upon him while he is near.
Page 7 - Lord, make us to know our end, and the measure of our days, what it is ; that we may know how frail we are.
Page 8 - ... that lofty and melancholy psalm in which the fragility of human life is contrasted with the immutability of Him to whom a thousand 'years are as yesterday when it is passed, and as a watch in the night.
Page 12 - Spirit, that thou art but for a few days, months, or years, in a state of flesh and blood, only to try, whether thou wilt choose to be for ever happy with God, or for ever miserable with the devil. Remember that thy life is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away...
Page 8 - Work while the day lasts, for the night cometh in which no man can work.
Page 14 - God that bringeth salvation teaches us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...