Reasons for Joining the New Jerusalem ChurchJohn Douglas, 1845 - 153 pages |
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... heard that religion gave peace of mind , comfort , happiness . There was none in mine . Almost all religious duties , to me , were irksome and unsatisfactory - a constant doing violence to my inclinations and feelings . Though I prayed ...
... heard that religion gave peace of mind , comfort , happiness . There was none in mine . Almost all religious duties , to me , were irksome and unsatisfactory - a constant doing violence to my inclinations and feelings . Though I prayed ...
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... heard the answer , " There is : seck - perseveringly seek to become a true christian , and heaven will be won . " I replied , " O God help me , and I will do all in my power . " A calm , soothing , comforting feeling stole over me , and ...
... heard the answer , " There is : seck - perseveringly seek to become a true christian , and heaven will be won . " I replied , " O God help me , and I will do all in my power . " A calm , soothing , comforting feeling stole over me , and ...
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... heard . I then resolved that my future life should be unlike the past . I made the Bible my daily study . The practical parts I most frequently read and meditated upon and I constantly sought to conform my life to the precepts there- in ...
... heard . I then resolved that my future life should be unlike the past . I made the Bible my daily study . The practical parts I most frequently read and meditated upon and I constantly sought to conform my life to the precepts there- in ...
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... heard , felt , and tasted through mine , though I said not a word . Was not this a proof that there existed a medium of communication to our spirits , other than that of our own material senses ? A number of experiments were tried , all ...
... heard , felt , and tasted through mine , though I said not a word . Was not this a proof that there existed a medium of communication to our spirits , other than that of our own material senses ? A number of experiments were tried , all ...
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... heard well authenticated cases of persons in a still higher state of magnetism , who had their spiritual sen- ses so thoroughly opened , as to communicate with spirits , I could not , like many others , declare that this was impos ...
... heard well authenticated cases of persons in a still higher state of magnetism , who had their spiritual sen- ses so thoroughly opened , as to communicate with spirits , I could not , like many others , declare that this was impos ...
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Popular passages
Page 7 - When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them ; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Page 36 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 132 - Jesus saith unto him] : — Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father...
Page 63 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 46 - Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 74 - Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem, which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Page 77 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 78 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 63 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 59 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...