| Lyman Beecher - 1852 - 456 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... | |
| David Thomas - 462 páginas
...read, " The liberal soul shall be made fat." " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." " Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed."... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - 1853 - 298 páginas
...rich ingoodworks" like the saying of Solomon, " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Good works are the only things we read of as following us to heaven. The wealthiest man will not take... | |
| Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1853 - 178 páginas
...other, "but I cannot afford to give less; for ' there is that scattercth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.'" Dear, little readers, learn this verse off, and take it for your guide through life. March 29th, 1853.... | |
| 1853 - 616 páginas
...speculations, lost all, and was reduced to poverty. " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." THE TEX COMMANDMENTS. IT is the remark of au old Puritan, that every Christian has ten children, all... | |
| 1864 - 604 páginas
...burst out with new wine." (Prov. iii. 9, 10). "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made f;it, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself." (Prov. xi.... | |
| 1854 - 544 páginas
...interests decayed. It is a good role, and very old : " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you,"... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1854 - 100 páginas
...to the^oor, lendeth to the Lord." Remember, "there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Recollect, that your eternal reward will be in proportion to the measure of your fidelity. " He that... | |
| Jeremiah Wood - 1854 - 414 páginas
...needs. How true the words of the Holy Book; " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." There is also a passage in his diary under date of March 21, 1833, which expresses his estimate of... | |
| Edward William Hooker - 1854 - 126 páginas
...of the proverb he used to repeat so often, ' There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty.' He remarked, and it is the last remark of his indicating the use of his mental faculties, ' There's... | |
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