 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1886 - 241 páginas
...through some very dark passages, but it will lead him generally at last to honor and influence; for "godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come." But there is a success higher and better than that of outward position... | |
 | 1886
...man may be a good Christian and a good farmer or artisan at the same time ; or in other words, that " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come." Even voluntary and unpaid preaching is not to be compared for wholesome... | |
 | Sam Porter Jones - 1886 - 539 páginas
...path of the just is as a shining light, shining more and more unto the perfect day ;" and of this: "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of the life which is to come." Just as truly as virtue and sobriety and temperance and goodness... | |
 | 1886
...self-denial requires us to lose all that we may gain all. Christian cross-bearing is no wasting task. " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." In a world like this there may be inconvenience in following Christ,... | |
 | 1876
...half done if they should not lead them to the practice of " that godliness which is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." The Committee, when reporting on the results of their labours, modestly said : — " In the use made of... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1887
...and temporary in its results and its rewards. II. THE GROUND OF THE SUPERIORITY OF GODLINESS. " But godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." It has the profit and the promise of a double life. 1. It has the... | |
 | Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf - 1887
...not only in the moral growth and development of many, but in general good order in their daily lives. "Godliness is profitable unto all things; having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. I believe this to be the grand secret of true success in any institution.... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1019 páginas
...noble conduct. In a word, it carries its own reward with it — for inspiration has declared that " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come." While, therefore, the minds of men are so far enlightened and improved... | |
 | William Parker Cutler, Julia Perkins Cutler, Ephraim Cutler Dawes - 1888
...noble conduct. In a word, it carries its own reward with it — for inspiration has declared that " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come." While, therefore, the minds of men are so far enlightened and improved... | |
 | 1888
...hopeful, and wise, and the secret is nothing else than his personal piety. In him is that 'godliness which is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.' Our lessons this month deal largely with Joseph, so our teachers... | |
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