Prisons and PrisonersJ.H. Jackson, 1849 - 191 sider |
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... Divine blessing , in the promotion of the more decidedly philanthropic and Christian inquiry , What shall we best do to prevent crime altogether ; or , if this cannot be looked for , sensibly to check its progress in the land ? - They ...
... Divine blessing , in the promotion of the more decidedly philanthropic and Christian inquiry , What shall we best do to prevent crime altogether ; or , if this cannot be looked for , sensibly to check its progress in the land ? - They ...
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... Divine presence , would not find that they have something of this kind to answer for ? " Oh , that heads of houses did but consider what terrible destruction to the virtue and happiness of the most promising young persons in situations ...
... Divine presence , would not find that they have something of this kind to answer for ? " Oh , that heads of houses did but consider what terrible destruction to the virtue and happiness of the most promising young persons in situations ...
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... Divine grace ; but would it have thus sprung up in weeds of such deadly and unhal- lowed passions , had it been cultured , watered , and planted , with seeds of heavenly instruction , by the hand of a Christian guardian ? No ; bad and ...
... Divine grace ; but would it have thus sprung up in weeds of such deadly and unhal- lowed passions , had it been cultured , watered , and planted , with seeds of heavenly instruction , by the hand of a Christian guardian ? No ; bad and ...
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... Divine law , only one - fourth being married . Three - fourths were without the means appointed by God as the security against a sin , which most prominently marks criminals , and which is so conspicuously disastrous in its consequences ...
... Divine law , only one - fourth being married . Three - fourths were without the means appointed by God as the security against a sin , which most prominently marks criminals , and which is so conspicuously disastrous in its consequences ...
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... Divine religion . " I may here state that there being found some extenuating circumstances in his case , his sentence was commuted , and he was allowed to return home . Subsequently I received a letter from an illustrious E foreigner ...
... Divine religion . " I may here state that there being found some extenuating circumstances in his case , his sentence was commuted , and he was allowed to return home . Subsequently I received a letter from an illustrious E foreigner ...
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Side 191 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to smg for joy.
Side 174 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Side 118 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Side 164 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Side 122 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Side 161 - I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings of old : Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Side 102 - I have frequently heard in our best appointed churches. A written discourse, of her own composition, was read by her ; it was of ^a purely moral tendency, involving no doctrinal points, and admirably suited to the hearers. During the performance of the service, the prisoners paid the profoundest attention and most marked respect, and, as far as it is possible to judge, appeared to take a devout interest. Evening service was read by her afterwards, to the female prisoners.
Side 164 - And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD: my spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out oi the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
Side 186 - This extraordinary man had the fortune to be honoured whilst living in the manner which his virtues deserved ; He received the thanks of both houses of the British and Irish Parliaments for his eminent services rendered to his country, and to mankind. Our national prisons and hospitals, improved upon the suggestion of his wisdom, bear testimony to the solidity of his judgment, and to the estimation in which he was held. In every part of the civilized world, which he traversed to reduce the sum of...
Side 173 - So natural is the union of Religion with Justice, that we may boldly deem there is neither, where both are not. For how should they be unfeignedly just, whom religion doth not cause to be such ; or they religious, which are not found such by the proof of their just actions ? If they which employ their labour and...