 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 pagini
...obtain it, 2 Sam. xv. 3, 4. A disposition to be content with such things as -we have, and to do our duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, would L certainly cure us of the foolish habit of looking on the stations and advantages of others,... | |
 | 1842
...admonition of that old-fashioned, but most sound book, the Catechism of the Church of England, content ' in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call them.' If we had leisure to examine the various classes, the agricultural, the mercantile, the manufacturing,... | |
 | John Evans - 1804 - 482 pagini
...enjoined us in his gospel, relying for assistance on his Holy Spirit; conducting ourselves with propriety in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us, we shall, after death, change this poor uncertain life for a better, where we shall be for ever... | |
 | Anthony Freston - 1809 - 272 pagini
...frugality, care, and industry, in their worldly affairs ; contentment of mind, a patient acquiescence in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place them: let them consider, it is not how high a rank they M 3 fill, fill, but the manner in which... | |
 | 1856 - 766 pagini
...working-day world, but in the wisdom which is from above — the wisdom which both teaches a man to do his duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place him, and how to prepare for the higher life beyond in the more immediate presence of God. There... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1816 - 406 pagini
...and thus, also, ought 'the humbler ranks of men, servants, and labourers, and such lilie, to study to do their duty in that state of life, in which it hath pleased GOD to place them ; " being obe** dient to them who are their masters " according to the... | |
 | 1839 - 248 pagini
...London, for great wages are in many cases the cause of great troubles. Nothing like being contented in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call us. Did you ever hear the fable of the discontented spider, Sally ? Sally. No, sir, I do not know that... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 532 pagini
...pledged myself for Ellen, so shall I consider myself bound for my little godson, to promote his welfare in that state of life in which it has pleased God to place him." " Bless you, Sir," said Mrs. Goodwill ; "and now I shall depart in peace. And yet I have... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 336 pagini
...her treasures. It is certain that those who humbly acquiesce in the will of God, and who are enabled to do their duty in that state of life in which it hath pleased the Lord to place them, will enjoy great peace, though amidst circumstances of much bereavement... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pagini
...perform in our various stations ; let us all pray for grace that we may each of us diligently do our duty in that state of life in •which it has pleased God to call us. MGN SCRAPS FROM A COMMON-PLACE BOOK. THE celebrated Grotius, one of the most learned men the world... | |
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honor and obey the civil authority," to "order themselves lowly and reverently toward their betters, and to do their duty in that state of life in which it has pleased God to call them... 
