The United Presbyterian MagazineWilliam Oliphant and Sons, 1864 |
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... Christian in name , but thoroughly pagan in spirit - divide among them by far the larger half of the remainder of the race , though each of these false faiths either sets aside altogether or grievously corrupts and perverts the written ...
... Christian in name , but thoroughly pagan in spirit - divide among them by far the larger half of the remainder of the race , though each of these false faiths either sets aside altogether or grievously corrupts and perverts the written ...
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... Christian Church . It can and ought to control the Church , if she makes attempts upon the liberty of the subject , whether Christian , infidel , or Jew , or when , as holders of property , we seek for powers to regulate it ; but for ...
... Christian Church . It can and ought to control the Church , if she makes attempts upon the liberty of the subject , whether Christian , infidel , or Jew , or when , as holders of property , we seek for powers to regulate it ; but for ...
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... Christian experi- ence , which augured a useful ministry . And within a very few years he estab- lished for himself in the district a high reputation as a Christian pastor , and drew around him a goodly band of emi- nently devout and ...
... Christian experi- ence , which augured a useful ministry . And within a very few years he estab- lished for himself in the district a high reputation as a Christian pastor , and drew around him a goodly band of emi- nently devout and ...
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... Christian ruler will forget that it deeply concerns the stability of British rule and the welfare of India , to educate its teeming millions in the knowledge of the true God , and in the truths of Christianity . The morality of the ...
... Christian ruler will forget that it deeply concerns the stability of British rule and the welfare of India , to educate its teeming millions in the knowledge of the true God , and in the truths of Christianity . The morality of the ...
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... Christian religion , as we do , as even philosophers themselves do , in regard to the being of a God . Every one who has thought and read is aware that there are difficulties , arising out of the works of nature and the dispensations of ...
... Christian religion , as we do , as even philosophers themselves do , in regard to the being of a God . Every one who has thought and read is aware that there are difficulties , arising out of the works of nature and the dispensations of ...
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Page 342 - I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh...
Page 58 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 59 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 169 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven: yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 549 - Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Page 485 - The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Page 324 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 194 - And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the Altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
Page 160 - In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have e.aten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Page 6 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.