The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 39

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Crosby, Nichols, & Company, 1845 - Liberalism (Religion)

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Page 400 - And there came a fear on all : and they glorified God, saying, that a great prophet is risen up among us; and, that God hath visited his people.
Page 217 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 199 - For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so that they (the heathen) are without excuse.
Page 167 - The idea of a future world is the last enemy which speculative criticism has to oppose, and, if possible, to overcome.
Page 130 - Vital Christianity : Essays and Discourses on the Religions of Man and the Religion of God. By ALEXANDER VINET, DD, Professor of Theology in Lausanne, Switzerland. Translated, with an Introduction, by Robert Turnbull, Pastor of the Howard, street Church, Boston.
Page 401 - I will keep you no longer in suspense, but will proceed to declare, that I do not now believe that my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is the Supreme God. I believe that there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things. I believe that
Page 375 - God in all, /Let each man think himself an act of God, ; His mind a thought, his life a breath of God ; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.
Page 421 - Biblicre ; being a connected Series of Notes on the Text and Literary History of the Bibles, or Sacred Books of the Jews and Christians ; and on the Bibles or Books accounted sacred by the Mahometans, Hindus, Parsees, Chinese, and Scandinavians, 1797—1807, crown 8vo.
Page 403 - And now, when I sit down seriously to compare the system of doctrines with which I have so long been fettered, with those under the influence of which my freed spirit now joyfully springs to meet its benevolent Creator, I cannot but exclaim, ' thanks be to God, who hath given me the victory, through my Lord Jesus Christ ! ' My mind is disenthralled, disenchanted, awakened as from a death-like stupor, — all mists are cleared away, — and this feeling of light, and life, and liberty, arises from...
Page 414 - I propose to inquire what, in our age are the true objects of national ambition — what is truly national glory — national honor — what is the true grandeur of nations.

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