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Page xxvii
... spirit of phi- losophy , as times go . My state of mind , which refers the whole either to unseen intelligence , or something which man has never had any conception of , proves me to be out of the pale * of the Royal Society . I could ...
... spirit of phi- losophy , as times go . My state of mind , which refers the whole either to unseen intelligence , or something which man has never had any conception of , proves me to be out of the pale * of the Royal Society . I could ...
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... spirit doctrine , and never stop to imagine the possibility of unknown power other than disembodied intelligence . But I am sure that this calling in of the departed spirit , because they do not know what else to fix it upon , may be ...
... spirit doctrine , and never stop to imagine the possibility of unknown power other than disembodied intelligence . But I am sure that this calling in of the departed spirit , because they do not know what else to fix it upon , may be ...
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... spirit controversy , but circumstances . make this impracticable . The spiritualist appeals to evidence : he may have enough , or he may not ; but he relies on what has been seen and heard . When he assumes that there is a world of spirits ...
... spirit controversy , but circumstances . make this impracticable . The spiritualist appeals to evidence : he may have enough , or he may not ; but he relies on what has been seen and heard . When he assumes that there is a world of spirits ...
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... spirits the reader may say that the spirit was Mrs. Hayden ; the party addressed , a departed friend , the devil , or what not . Though satisfied that the sounds were made amosgepotically , I prefer the word spirit , as briefer than ...
... spirits the reader may say that the spirit was Mrs. Hayden ; the party addressed , a departed friend , the devil , or what not . Though satisfied that the sounds were made amosgepotically , I prefer the word spirit , as briefer than ...
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... spirit ' who came to him was one whose unfortunate death was fully detailed in the usual way . My friend told me that he was ' awe - struck , ' and had nearly forgotten all his precautions . The things which I have narrated were the ...
... spirit ' who came to him was one whose unfortunate death was fully detailed in the usual way . My friend told me that he was ' awe - struck , ' and had nearly forgotten all his precautions . The things which I have narrated were the ...
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Page 328 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 333 - And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Page 318 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
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Page 339 - He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 326 - And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Page 329 - All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
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