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...praiseth her. 1 Pet. iii. 6. Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord :— (3) Lev. xix. 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man. 1 'Kings ii. 19. — And she sat on his right hand. (4) 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2. 1 exhort, therefore,...

...contained a special provision for cultivating an amiable and respectful attention to their advanced years : " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man." Time imparts a venerable aspect to almost everything that long survives its influence...

...the casing is finished, the jewel will be gone. Teach him that humility is youth's chief adorning. " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God." As we advance from the lower to the upper grades of society, we find...

...hoary head, is the symbol of the respect and honour due to the person that hath it. Levit. xix. 22, " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man." And the wise man, Prov. xvi. 31, saith, " The hoary head is a crown of glory." Hence...

...HONOUR THE AGED. " THE hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness." " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear before the Lord thy God." Such are the express precepts of Scripture. So reasonable...

...he reveres The brow engraven with the Thoughts of Years; This is a law of Nature. Age was anciently synonymous with power; and we may always observe that...the face of an old man." — Leviticus. Among us, and wherever birth and possessions give rank and authority, the young and the profligate are seen continually...

...beware how he accosts the man of many years." "Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man." — leviticus. Among us,...possessions give rank and authority, the young and the proffigate are seen continually above the old and the worthy: there Age con never find i IS due respect....

...Eowleti. AN OLD DISCIPLE. SPECIAL respect is directed in the word of God to be paid to the aged. " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man," are words that stand on record in holy writ, as a Divine command to the children of Israel...

...father and his mother, shall surely be put to death;"* and even age was to be specially respected ; " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God."f It must be admitted, that the patience of expectants of the lands...