There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty. Letters on Missions - Side 208af William Swan - 1831 - 288 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| M. S. Osborn-Howe - 1894 - 288 sider
...lost heavily." The observation was startling, and could be explained only by Prov. xi. 24 : " There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." All we look upon as our possessions is included in the words, "Ye are not your own, ... ye are bought... | |
| 1844 - 456 sider
...though I have experienced the sentiment of the wise Solomon fulfilled many times, to wit ; ' There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.' Yet I believe it is possible, and think I have seen it, to give that to others which LIFE OP JOHN PEMBERTON.... | |
| Church of England young men's society - 1846 - 252 sider
...yet, remember that you cannot from this day accumulate one shilling too much :—and yet you may; " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." " Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase; so shall thy... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - 1846 - 392 sider
...TVTiat a beautiful illustration is the last remark of the language of Scripture! " There is that giveth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Speaking of the spiritual improvement of the people of Kidderminster, under him, he says:— " Before... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 sider
...It exactly accords with the inspired word : " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth : there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Feeble piety produces feeble action, and there is no generous effusion of feeling in the alleviation... | |
| 1846 - 562 sider
...the Baptist churches able to do this? Would it not be a blessing to (lie churches to do it ? " There is that withholdeth more than is meet and it tendeth to poverty." Hus not the church, and even each individual church, ever been blessed in proportion to her efforts... | |
| Daniel Atkinson Clark, George Shepard - 1846 - 460 sider
...of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." " There is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." It is impossible to say how much more prosperous this world might have been, if men had expended their... | |
| 1847 - 750 sider
...haughtily declared he would give ' nothing,' was so reduced as to be supported by the two brothers ! ' There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there...more than is meet, and — it tendeth to poverty.' The above anecdote is a striking illustration of these words of Solomon. Men of property should contribute... | |
| 1847 - 556 sider
...directed efforts to spread sound knowledge among a people. " There is that giveth and yet encreaseth, 'and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." So we have actually found it, and so it will be found still more, as the channels are more freely opened... | |
| Alfred Barry - 1848 - 374 sider
...exclude each other. Just as mastery means service, possession, in the highest sense, means impartation. " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there...withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." Some one once said, " What I kept I lost ; what I gave away I have." You do not truly possess without... | |
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