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... observance of the idolatrous rites of his family . He was re- moved by his relations into the interior of the country , in order to detach him from the Mission ; and violence was threatened , to This account has since appeared in the ...
... observance of the idolatrous rites of his family . He was re- moved by his relations into the interior of the country , in order to detach him from the Mission ; and violence was threatened , to This account has since appeared in the ...
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... observance ; seeing that they would contract the liberty of the Gospel , and tarnish the glory of God . He was jea- lous lest these external forms should become the means of flattering human pride , and be relied on as rendering those ...
... observance ; seeing that they would contract the liberty of the Gospel , and tarnish the glory of God . He was jea- lous lest these external forms should become the means of flattering human pride , and be relied on as rendering those ...
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... , " It is our custom " -the Hindoos ' general answer to such questions , so little do they know of the origin or signification of their own observances . its own answer . It was his duty to mention ( 120 Means which Protestants use.
... , " It is our custom " -the Hindoos ' general answer to such questions , so little do they know of the origin or signification of their own observances . its own answer . It was his duty to mention ( 120 Means which Protestants use.
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... observance of the Sabbath . To the habitual violation of that . Sacred Day , may be traced the major part , if not the whole , of the evils of which we com- plain . Until men have so renounced the authority of God as to disregard His ...
... observance of the Sabbath . To the habitual violation of that . Sacred Day , may be traced the major part , if not the whole , of the evils of which we com- plain . Until men have so renounced the authority of God as to disregard His ...
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... ! The truth is this : The Jewish Law was adapted to the rude and unen- lightened age in which it was delivered ; and it now requires not observance , either from Jews or Christians it was a " shadow of good things to X 2 APPENDIX . 307.
... ! The truth is this : The Jewish Law was adapted to the rude and unen- lightened age in which it was delivered ; and it now requires not observance , either from Jews or Christians it was a " shadow of good things to X 2 APPENDIX . 307.
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Page 18 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Page 265 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth : he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Page 213 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks, on every side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
Page 161 - Him in whom it lives, showing first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear.
Page 10 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you : but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Page 188 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 28 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shaU rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 213 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day!
Page 31 - Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.
Page 212 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.