Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

Isaac Watts

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Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Isaac Watts

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Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.

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Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.

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When I survey the wondrous cross

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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

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Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.

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There's no repentance in the grave.

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Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

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Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.

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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.

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Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.

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Tell of his wondrous faithfulness,

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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

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Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.

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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.

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Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.

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In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.

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From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.

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Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.

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