...CHAPTER XVI. The Christian's Conduct to Old Age. IT is the Lord's express command, " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the...and fear thy God." The experience and gravity, the judgment and wisdom, frequently found in old age, demand veneration ; and even where these are in some...

...duty from the strongest of all motives, that of reverence to the Deity himself. " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God ; I am the Lord." The last clause is here added, as at the end of many olluer laws, to inculcate in...

...attention to the wants of the aged, delivering as the direct command of Jehovah:— " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face " of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord."J How much praise have the Spartan institutions justly obtained, for cherishing this...

...scriptures teach us to consider antiquity as being honourable, as it is written, " thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God." Lev. xix. 32. " With us are both the grey-headed and very aged men, much older than thy father." Job...

...all men. 279- We must preserve the honour due to our superiors. ~ltxv. xix. 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the Lord. 280.' We must preserve the honour due to our inferior*. Hom. xii. 16. Condescend to...

...clothed with humility; for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the Lord." As spiritual pride disposes persons to assume much to themselves, so it also disposes...

...clothed with humility; for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord." As spiritual pride disposes persons to assume much to themselves, so it also disposes...

...neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them : ' I am the LORD your God. 32 IT Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD. 33 IT And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 but...

...Glasgow to preach the lecture in the evening. From the passage, Leviticus xix. 32, Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God; — the preacher, after delineating the comfort, respectability, and happiness of virtuous old age, pointing...

...; for God resistcth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble." Lev. xix. 32. " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the Lord." As spiritual pride disposes persons to assume much to themselves, so it also disposes...