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... influence , and wealth , to bless others . There is at this time much religion which lacks the spirit of self - denial and self - sacrifice , and it will evidently be found want- ing when it is weighed in the proper balances . Our ...
... influence , and wealth , to bless others . There is at this time much religion which lacks the spirit of self - denial and self - sacrifice , and it will evidently be found want- ing when it is weighed in the proper balances . Our ...
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... influence and resources of mind for the spread of the gospel , he is certainly also required to dispose of his talent of property in the same way if God has prospered him . Taking it as settled then that the possession of property ...
... influence and resources of mind for the spread of the gospel , he is certainly also required to dispose of his talent of property in the same way if God has prospered him . Taking it as settled then that the possession of property ...
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... influence on them . The law ceremonial as well as moral , was discip- linary a schoolmaster to correct them , and to prepare them for coming blessings . Nothing can be plainer than that all God's requirements were designed for their ...
... influence on them . The law ceremonial as well as moral , was discip- linary a schoolmaster to correct them , and to prepare them for coming blessings . Nothing can be plainer than that all God's requirements were designed for their ...
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... influence than all the harmonies of music . Besides , it awakens the awe - inspiring consciousness , that it is big with the most precious gifts of grace , which elevate those who appropriate them to themselves above the earthly ...
... influence than all the harmonies of music . Besides , it awakens the awe - inspiring consciousness , that it is big with the most precious gifts of grace , which elevate those who appropriate them to themselves above the earthly ...
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... influence , as occupied with the same profound and deeply interesting themes ? It comes to nothing , that such deep earnest thinkers are found to deviate here and there from the established orthodoxy of their time , that they are ...
... influence , as occupied with the same profound and deeply interesting themes ? It comes to nothing , that such deep earnest thinkers are found to deviate here and there from the established orthodoxy of their time , that they are ...
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Popular passages
Page 102 - He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
Page 331 - Probably at the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration, the general, if not the universal, sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship. An attempt to level all religions, and to make it a matter of state policy to hold all in utter indifference, would have created universal disapprobation, if...
Page 314 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life...
Page 525 - And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Page 207 - ... been turned by skill and industry into gardens, and can boast of a long list of heroes and statesmen, philosophers and poets. Whoever, knowing what Italy and Scotland naturally are, and what, four hundred years ago, they actually were, shall now compare the country round Rome with the country round Edinburgh, will be able to form some judgment as to the tendency of Papal domination.
Page 315 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 27 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 585 - Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment : but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 45 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 145 - Nymphis Gratiae decentes Alterno terram quatiunt pede, dum graves. Cyclopum Vulcanus ardens urit officinas. Nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto, Aut flore, terrae quem ferunt solutae.