| 1840 - 538 páginas
...to the public in the mean time ; and what is more, they are ranked among the friends of God ; for, " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall... | |
| 1841 - 440 páginas
...God the Holy Ghost to convey the arrow of conviction where he will), know ye not that " there is that that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty?" Mark, it is the liberal snul shall be made fat; and one of the sweetest... | |
| Stephen Laidler, James William Massie - 1827 - 440 páginas
...have not received? You owe all to him who loved you, and gave himself for you. There is that which scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. How much would you give to save one widow from the flames ? Oh ! if... | |
| Canonicus - 1828 - 164 páginas
...from the east and the west ? Are Unitarians ignorant of the first principle of Orthodox benevolence, " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty " 1 Who will go to New Holland, to Borneo, to Ava ? Who will take up... | |
| 1828 - 1042 páginas
...discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good :• but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 meet, but it tendelh to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth shall... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 páginas
...in any sense, what the wise man says, is true, " there is that scattereth and yet aboundeth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." O how acceptable to God are the sacrifices of an humble, grateful, faithful heart ! The ground that... | |
| Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 380 páginas
...excesses which prevail where the Gospel does not restrain men, would grind you to the dust. " There is, that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty ;" and in no case is this proverb more strikingly verified, than in those parsimonious calculations... | |
| 1830 - 282 páginas
...twenty four, shall be devoted to exercise. Never could it be said with more truth than in this case ; " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Many and many a youthful martyr has found it so. I may add, that experiments recently made in Institutions... | |
| David Dudley Field, Chester Dewey - 1829 - 492 páginas
...that charitable efforts will impoverish us as a people. No facts exist that justify the apprehension. There is that scattereth' and yet increaseth, and...withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty. Individuals habitually engaged in doing good, are often signally blessed of God. Those churches and... | |
| David Dudley Field, Chester Dewey - 1829 - 502 páginas
...that charitable efforts will impoverish us as a people. No facts exist that justify the apprehension. There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tcndeth to poverty. Individuals habitually engaged in doing good, are often signally blessed of God.... | |
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