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Notoriety. Matt. 6:2—That they may have glory of men, &c.

Nourishment from beneath. Ps. 1:3—Like a tree planted by the rivers of water, &c.


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Oases. Isa. 41:18—I will make . . . dry land . . . springs of water, &c.

Obedience. Eph. 6:1—Children obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.

Obedience in Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:6—The letter killeth, &c.

Obligation to the Church. Phil. 2:12—Work out your own salvation, &c.

Offerings Extravagant. Ps. 4:5—Offer the sacrifices of righteousness;
  Ps. 116:17—I will offer sacrifices of thanksgiving;
  Exod. 30:9—Offer no strong incense.

Old Age Incurable. Ps. 103:5—Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's;
  Ps. 90:10—The days of our years are threescore and ten, &c.

Old, Encouragement to the. Joel 2:28—Your old men shall dream dreams.

Old-year Memories. (Past, Forgetting the). Phil. 3:13—Forgetting those things that are behind.

Omniscience. Luke 8:17—For nothing is sacred that shall not be made manifest.

One, Winning. Zach. 4:10. Who hath dispersed the day of small things.

Opportunity. Eph. 5:16—Redeeming the time.

Optimism. Ps. 103:2—Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.

Organizing for Work. Eph. 4:16—The whole body fitly joined together.

Ostentation. Matt. 6:2—Do not sound a trumpet before thee, &c.

Others, Consideration for. Phil. 2:4—Look . . . every man also on things of others.

Overplus of Duty. Matt. 5:41—And whosoever shall compel thee, &c.


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Pain, the Angel of. 2 Cor. 12:9—Glory in my infirmities.

Painstaking. Isa. 28:16—Therefore thus saith the Lord God, &c.

Palliatives versus Prevention. Prov. 22:15—Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it from him.

Panic Through Fear. Ps. 53:5—There were they in great fear, where no fear was.

Parenthood in Savages. Ps. 27:10—When my father and my mother forsake me, &c.

Partiality. Prov. 3:5—Lean not unto thine own understanding.

Passion, Growth of. Col. 3:5—Mortify therefore your members, &c.;
  Matt. 17:20—And Jesus said unto them, &c.

Patience. Ps. 37:6—He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, &c.

Patriotism. 2 Tim. 4:2 . . . Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Patriotism, Disinterested. 1 Sam. 12:23—Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin, &c.

Pattern, The Divine. Heb. 12:2—Looking into Jesus.

Peace. Is. 9:6—. . . His name shall be called the Prince of Peace.

Pedigree. Heb. 1:12—Thou art the same and thy years shall not fail.

Perishableness. Heb. 1:11, 12—And thy years shall not fail.

Permanent, The. 1 Cor. 3:13—Fire shall try every man's work, &c.

Permanency. Matt. 24:25—Heaven and earth shall pass away, &c.

Perseverance. Gal. 6:9—Let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not;
  John 8:29—The Father hath not left me alone;
  Matt. 18:20—Where two or three, &c.

Persistence. Gal. 6:9—And let us not be weary in well-doing, &c.

Persistence in Missionaries. Gal. 6:9—Let us not be weary in well-doing, &c.

Personal Element, The. Matt. 17:18, 19—Why could not we cast him out?

Personal Evangelism. Jas. 5:20—He that converteth the sinner . . . shall snatch a soul from death.

Philanthropy. Mark 2:17—I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Picturesque. Matt. 13:35—I will open my mouth in parables.

Pilgrim, The. Jer. 9:2—A lodging place for wayfaring men.

Place, Filling One's—1 Cor. 12:12-22—For the body is one, &c.

Play Necessary. Zach. 8:5—The streets . . . shall be full of boys and girls playing, &c.

Point of View. 1 Cor. 3:13—Every man's work shall be made manifest.