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when children are disposed to exert every kind office to raise & comfort their parents, when by providence of God they are overwhelmed with poverty & affliction. | when children are disposed to exert every kind office to raise & comfort their parents, when by providence of God they are overwhelmed with poverty & affliction. | ||
How amiable did this virtue appear in pious Joseph in Egypt, towards his venerable parent Jacob. while the son was exalted to all earthly greatness next to the kind, his aged father was suffering the honors of famine in a | How amiable did this virtue appear in pious Joseph in Egypt, towards his venerable parent Jacob. while the son was exalted to all earthly greatness next to the kind, his aged father was suffering the honors of famine in a distant land; with what child like love, care & tenderness did the illustrious youth treat his aged father, when he brought him down to Egypt, fed him with the bread & comforted his declining years. | ||
Worldly honors & wealth did not lessen his sense of obligation & duty to his parent, & it was no doubt the happyest circumstance of his life, that God gave him opportunity to support & comfort his parent in old age & support his tottering steps down the hill of Life. | Worldly honors & wealth did not lessen his sense of obligation & duty to his parent, & it was no doubt the happyest circumstance of his life, that God gave him opportunity to support & comfort his parent in old age & support his tottering steps down the hill of Life. | ||
The pious, generous soul is not ashamed of the low condition of his parent in the World. He endeavours by every kind means to better his condition. His respect | The pious, generous soul is not ashamed of the low condition of his parent in the World. He endeavours by every kind means to better his condition. His respect & reverence is not lessened. King Solomon in all his glory, showed to his aged mother the most dutiful reverence. She came to ask a favor of his son, the King (1 Kings 2.19) And the King rose up to meet her & bowed himself to her & far down on his throne & caused a seat to be fit for the king's Mother; and she sat on his right hand. How respectful was the king to his parent. For his filial piety among other virtues, heaven remarkably blessed & prospered him. | ||
The reverse of this, appears in the treatment which aged Noah received from his profane & undutiful son Ham. The divine displeasure | |||
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148 when children are disposed to exert every kind office to raise & comfort their parents, when by providence of God they are overwhelmed with poverty & affliction.
How amiable did this virtue appear in pious Joseph in Egypt, towards his venerable parent Jacob. while the son was exalted to all earthly greatness next to the kind, his aged father was suffering the honors of famine in a distant land; with what child like love, care & tenderness did the illustrious youth treat his aged father, when he brought him down to Egypt, fed him with the bread & comforted his declining years. Worldly honors & wealth did not lessen his sense of obligation & duty to his parent, & it was no doubt the happyest circumstance of his life, that God gave him opportunity to support & comfort his parent in old age & support his tottering steps down the hill of Life. The pious, generous soul is not ashamed of the low condition of his parent in the World. He endeavours by every kind means to better his condition. His respect & reverence is not lessened. King Solomon in all his glory, showed to his aged mother the most dutiful reverence. She came to ask a favor of his son, the King (1 Kings 2.19) And the King rose up to meet her & bowed himself to her & far down on his throne & caused a seat to be fit for the king's Mother; and she sat on his right hand. How respectful was the king to his parent. For his filial piety among other virtues, heaven remarkably blessed & prospered him. The reverse of this, appears in the treatment which aged Noah received from his profane & undutiful son Ham. The divine displeasure