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Cheerfulness -
Cheerfulness, n. ...
He that showeth mercy, with
Cheerfulness
Mirth - It is distinguished from
Cheerfulness thus: Mirth is considered as an act;
Cheerfulness an habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient;
Cheerfulness fixed and permanent. "Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy; on the contrary,
Cheerfulness, though it does not give such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment;
Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity
Ladness - ) State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction;
Cheerfulness
Eniality - ) The quality of being genial; sympathetic
Cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners
Ladsome - ) Causing joy, pleasure, or
Cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing
Pleasantry - ) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor;
Cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage
Gloominess - Want of
Cheerfulness cloudiness of look heaviness of mind melancholy as, to involve the mind in gloominess
Bilgah - BILGAH (‘cheerfulness’)
Humility And Cheerpulness - Observe the peculiar characters of the grass which adapt it especially for the service of man, are its apparent humility and
Cheerfulness. Its
Cheerfulness, in that it seems to exult under all kinds of violence and suffering. ' ...
So Ruskin poetically writes of the grass; should it not be thus with believers? Their flesh is like to grass for perishing, it were well if their spirits were like to grass for humility and
Cheerfulness in service
Calm - 1: γαλήνη (Strong's #1055 — Noun Feminine — galene — gal-ay'-nay ) primarily signifies "calmness,
Cheerfulness" (from a root gal---, from which gelao, "to smile," is also derived; hence the "calm" of the sea, the smiling ocean being a favorite metaphor of the poets),
Matthew 8:26 ;
Mark 4:39 ;
Luke 8:24
Mirth - Mirth differs from joy and
Cheerfulness, as always implying noise
Cheer - ) Gayety; mirth;
Cheerfulness; animation. ) That which promotes good spirits or
Cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer
Gladness - Joy, or a moderate degree of joy and exhilaration pleasure of mind
Cheerfulness
Levity - Nothing can be more proper than for a Christian to wear an air of
Cheerfulness, and to watch against a morose and gloomy disposition
Readiness - Promptitude
Cheerfulness willingness alacrity freedom from reluctance as, to grant a request or assistance with readiness
Buoyancy - )
Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; - the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits
Native - Produced by nature original born with the being natural not acquired as native genius native affections a native talent or disposition native
Cheerfulness native simplicity
Bright - ) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding
Cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery
Cheerfulness - If we consider
Cheerfulness, says Addison, in three lights, with regard to ourselves, to those we converse with, and to the Great Author of our being, it will not a little recommend itself on each of these accounts
Death: of a Believer - Lyford being desired, a little before his death, to let his friends know in what condition his soul was, and what his thoughts were about that eternity to which he seemed very near, he answered with a
Cheerfulness suitable to a believer and a minister, 'I will let you know how it is with me;' and then, stretching out a hand that was withered and consumed with age and sickness: 'Here is,' said he 'the grave, the wrath of God, and devouring flames, the just punishment of sin, on the one side; and here am I, a poor sinful soul, on the other side; but this is my comfort, the covenant of grace which is established on so many sure promises, has saved me from all
Cheer - Air of countenance, noting a greater or less degree of
Cheerfulness
Lift - To lift up the face, to look to with confidence,
Cheerfulness and comfort. ...
To lift up the face, to look to with confidence,
Cheerfulness and comfort
Hattemists - The founders of these sects deduced from the doctrine of absolute decrees a system of fatal and uncontrollable necessity; they denied the difference between moral good and evil, and the corruption of human nature; from whence they farther concluded, that mankind were under no sort of obligation to correct their manners, to improve their minds, or to obey the divine laws; that the whole of religion consisted not in acting, but in suffering; and that all the precepts of Jesus Christ are reducible to this one, that we bear with
Cheerfulness and patience the events that happen to us through the divine will, and make it our constant and only study to maintain a permanent tranquillity of mind
Cheerfulness - Christian
Cheerfulness is not based on a denial of the reality of the dark things of life, but on the proportioning of them by the larger elements of joyful Christian faith and experience. A shallow, worldly
Cheerfulness must not be confused with the joy of the Christian in God
Light - As natural light brings vigour and health to the body, so the light of God gives
Cheerfulness and strength to the soul
Joy - When it is moderate, it is called gladness; when raised on a sudden to the highest degree, it is then exultation or transport; when we limit our desires by our possessions, it is contentment; when our desires are raised high, and yet accomplished, this is called satisfaction; when our joy is derived from some comical occasion or amusement, it is mirth; if it arise from considerable opposition that is vanquished in the pursuit of the good we desire, it is then called triumph; when joy has so long possessed the mind that it is settled into a temper, we call it
Cheerfulness; when we rejoice upon the account of any good which others obtain, it may be called sympathy or congratulation
Assurance - ...
"Genuine assurance naturally leads to a legitimate and abiding peace and joy, and to love and thankfulness to God; and these from the very laws of our being to greater buoyancy, strength, and
Cheerfulness in the practice of obedience in every department of duty
Oil - It is God the Holy Ghost who is uniformly represented, in his divine influences and gifts, by the figure and emblem of the holy oil and the ointment; for as oil hath numberless operations to soften, to take off rust, to counteract poison, to give
Cheerfulness to the countenance, and to facilitate actions in the limbs when benumbed and grown hard; so the blessed influences of the Holy Ghost, by his divine anointings, soften our hearts, take off the rust of ignorance in our minds, expel the poison of sin and corruption, and not only raiseth up the drooping spirits, by administering to our hearts the oil of joy and gladness, but causeth us "to run the way of God's commandments when the Lord hath set our heart at liberty
Joy - ,
James 5:13 , a similar term signifying
Cheerfulness or high spirits
Hierocles of Alexandria, a Philosopher - A wife by her tender offices refreshes those who are wearied with external toil; she makes her husband forget those troubles which are never so active and aggressive as in the midst of a solitary and unfriended life; sometimes questioning him on his business pursuits, or referring some domestic matter to his judgment, and taking counsel with him upon it: giving a savour and pleasure to life by her unstrained
Cheerfulness and alacrity
Kindness - In
Galatians 5:22 we meet with the same conjunction between ‘longsuffering’ and χρηστότης, and here, by distinction from ἀγαθωσύνη, ‘benevolence,’ and πραὔτης, ‘meekness,’ the sense is narrowed down to a benevolence which asserts itself either with a peculiar
Cheerfulness or in the face of peculiar difficulties
Preaching - ” And the Israelites will partake of His light, and will speak:...
“Blessed is the hour when the Messiah shall come!...
Blessed the womb out of which He shall come!...
Blessed His contemporaries who are eye-witnesses!...
Blessed the eye that is honoured with a sight of Him!...
For the opening of His lips is blessing and peace;...
His speech is a moving or the spirits;...
The thoughts of His heart are confidence and
Cheerfulness;...
The speech of His tongue is pardon and forgiveness;...
His prayer is the sweet incense of offerings;...
His petitions are holiness and purity
Patience - 8: ‘Neither is there required from us a
Cheerfulness, such as may take away all sense of bitterness and grief; there would be no patience of the saints in the cross, except also they were tormented with grief and pressed with trouble
Patience - 8: ‘Neither is there required from us a
Cheerfulness, such as may take away all sense of bitterness and grief; there would be no patience of the saints in the cross, except also they were tormented with grief and pressed with trouble
Psalms, Book of, - Henceforward, as we approach the close of the Psalter, its strains rise in
Cheerfulness; and it fittingly terminates with Psal 147-150 which were probably sung on the occasion of the thanksgiving procession of Nehe 12, after the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem had been completed
Intercession - 3), who teaches our need of
Cheerfulness and maintains that the intercession of a sad man hath never at any time power to ascend to the altar of God
Intercession - 3), who teaches our need of
Cheerfulness and maintains that the intercession of a sad man hath never at any time power to ascend to the altar of God
Laughter - Francis, who became known as joculatores Domini, appear to have shown a vivacity and
Cheerfulness in complete contrast to the rigid and frigid demeanour engendered by Pharisaism; and this attitude was encouraged by their Master, who did not expect ‘the sons of the bride-chamber’ to mourn so long as the ‘bridegroom’ was with them (
Matthew 9:15; cf
Prayer - Knowledge of God’s will affects conduct; under the guidance of the Spirit we are led to new forms of service, are enabled to bear with
Cheerfulness our difficulties and disappointments, assured that the lot of the saints is a privilege ‘in the
light
Reality - His demeanour was that of unstudied simplicity; and when occasion suited, He could unbend and let joy and
Cheerfulness have their genial flow,—looking with amused interest on the children at their games (
Matthew 11:16-17), sharing the gladness of the social gathering (
John 2:1-10), or lighting up His discourse with flashes of playfulness (
Luke 11:5-8)
Heir Heritage Inheritance - 5 (the heritage of faith), Psalms of Solomon, 12:8 (inheritance of the promise of the Lord), 14:7 (life in
Cheerfulness)
Psalms of Solomon - A prayer for preservation from sin, from beautiful but beguiling women, and for strength to bear affliction with
Cheerfulness
Hermas Shepherd of - The ninth Commandment extols faith in prayer, and condemns doubtful-mindedness, while the tenth exhorts Hermas to be clothed in
Cheerfulness and to put away sadness
Paul - He was deterred by no difficulty or danger, and endured a great variety of persecutions with patience and
Cheerfulness
Worship - Praise calls forth the grateful emotions, and gives
Cheerfulness to piety; and that instruction in righteousness which is so perpetually repeated, diffuses the principles of morality and religion throughout society; enlightens and gives activity to conscience; raises the standard of morals; attaches shame to vice, and praise to virtue; and thus exerts a powerfully purifying influence upon mankind