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... ancient vigorous forms of anathema against sins of omission are not now in custom- ary use . But he would certainly lose all claim to forgiveness on the part of his own readers if he had failed to supply to them what he has desired and ...
... ancient vigorous forms of anathema against sins of omission are not now in custom- ary use . But he would certainly lose all claim to forgiveness on the part of his own readers if he had failed to supply to them what he has desired and ...
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... ancient and memorable writings , or to declare what in my opin- ion is the system of religion which they include . I am not concerned , even , to ask to what precise date they should be ascribed , or by whose pens they were probably ...
... ancient and memorable writings , or to declare what in my opin- ion is the system of religion which they include . I am not concerned , even , to ask to what precise date they should be ascribed , or by whose pens they were probably ...
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... ancient origins the shining mists of alleged Divine converse with men ; and while speculative philosophers , in indifference to all , with a controlling Pyrrhoric tendercy , rule all alike out of the category of Divine institutes , and ...
... ancient origins the shining mists of alleged Divine converse with men ; and while speculative philosophers , in indifference to all , with a controlling Pyrrhoric tendercy , rule all alike out of the category of Divine institutes , and ...
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... ancient errand of the woman of Samaria , who called the men to see that Lord of whom afterward they said : " We have heard him ourselves , and know that this is indeed the Christ . " If one hold himself care- fully to this definite ...
... ancient errand of the woman of Samaria , who called the men to see that Lord of whom afterward they said : " We have heard him ourselves , and know that this is indeed the Christ . " If one hold himself care- fully to this definite ...
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... ancient miracles hardly can : while miracles and prophecies , at- tending the religion at its first introduction to the knowledge of the world , will seem scarcely more than natural aids and fit illustrations given it by its Author ...
... ancient miracles hardly can : while miracles and prophecies , at- tending the religion at its first introduction to the knowledge of the world , will seem scarcely more than natural aids and fit illustrations given it by its Author ...
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Page 493 - Fondly do we hope— fervently do we pray— that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.
Page 493 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 342 - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Page 639 - Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people...
Page 435 - And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Page 421 - I and my sons will have received justice at your hands. The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways — I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
Page 414 - For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles.
Page 363 - I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
Page 375 - It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries, has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments, and conditions, has not only been the highest pattern of virtue but the strongest incentive to its practice...
Page 436 - Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world ; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead.