 | William Cogswell - 1839 - 432 pagine
...latter days. ' The vile person shall no more be called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.' " — Of late years Christians have contributed largely for the distribution of Bibles, and Tracts... | |
 | 1839 - 612 pagine
...Them that honour me, I will honour." While parsimony and prodigality are alike held in contempt ; " the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." Secondly : Next to the honour they receive while they live, it is both intimated in the text, and more... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 468 pagine
...deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh aright. But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand, ('xxxii. 5, 6, 7, 8.) Such are the political empirics, mischievous in proportion to their effrontery... | |
 | 1883 - 498 pagine
...says, and we should stedfastly adhere to its teaching in what we do as well as what we lelieve, — " The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." It will interest my readers to know that the benevolent impulse that originated our New School building... | |
 | John Campbell - 1842 - 512 pagine
...is on the sea shore." This " largeness of heart" is the very thing meant by the following passage, "the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." The magnanimity of Williams, philosophically speaking, was the real cause of his amazing success in... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 552 pagine
...those who abounded in acts of kindness and charity to their fellow men. The prophet Isaiah says, " The liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand." The alms as well as the prayers of Cornelius were had in divine remembrance, and he was rewarded in... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 556 pagine
...those who abounded in acts of kindness and charity to their fellow men. The prophet Isaiah says, " The liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand." The alms as well as the prayers of Cornelius were had in divine remembrance, and he was rewarded in... | |
 | 1842
...and penurious disposition. Let us rather adopt as rules for our practice the true sayings of God : " The liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand." (Isa. xxxii8.) " It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts xx. 35.) "Let us not be weary in... | |
 | General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America - 1842 - 408 pagine
...wicked devices, 5. To destroy the poor with | lying words, Even when the] needy speaketh right. 6. But the liberal deviseth | liberal things; And by | liberal things shall he stand. SELECTION 287. [Is. Mxiii. 20.] 1. Look | upon Zion, The | city of our solemnities : 2. Thine eyes... | |
 | 1842 - 488 pagine
...and penurious disposition. Let us rather adopt as rules for our practice the true sayings of God : " The liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal things shall he stand," Isa. xxxii. 8. " It is more blessed to give than to receive," Acts xx. 35. " Let us not be weary in... | |
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The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. 
