The Christian Disciple, Volume 5Cummings and Hillard, 1823 |
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... less interest and worth ? Here then I leave the first rule ; adding only , that the duty for the performance of which we have no specified time , will easily be neglected , and soon forgot- ten . II . Prayer should be preceded by at ...
... less interest and worth ? Here then I leave the first rule ; adding only , that the duty for the performance of which we have no specified time , will easily be neglected , and soon forgot- ten . II . Prayer should be preceded by at ...
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... less affected by this opposition , through the relations and intercourse of life . It is , here , indeed , that it comes near to us . It is not the distant sound of the controversy that disturbs our peace . It is the chilling distrust ...
... less affected by this opposition , through the relations and intercourse of life . It is , here , indeed , that it comes near to us . It is not the distant sound of the controversy that disturbs our peace . It is the chilling distrust ...
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... less suspect it . And this , again , is the exposure of which I was speaking . We hear per- petual warnings of our danger , and we are , in consequence , too apt , it may be , to maintain that we are safe . To give an in- stance or two ...
... less suspect it . And this , again , is the exposure of which I was speaking . We hear per- petual warnings of our danger , and we are , in consequence , too apt , it may be , to maintain that we are safe . To give an in- stance or two ...
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... less would I be understood , in what has now been said , to bring an objection against religious emotion . Let it be as strong as any man can feel , and yet maintain the ascendency of a sound judg ment . And I repeat , that it is much ...
... less would I be understood , in what has now been said , to bring an objection against religious emotion . Let it be as strong as any man can feel , and yet maintain the ascendency of a sound judg ment . And I repeat , that it is much ...
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... less is it strange , that those who have looked upon these matters with a superficial eye - who have withdrawn their attention from worldly pursuits , only to catch here and there a more liberal principle , without connecting it with a ...
... less is it strange , that those who have looked upon these matters with a superficial eye - who have withdrawn their attention from worldly pursuits , only to catch here and there a more liberal principle , without connecting it with a ...
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Page 297 - Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Page 77 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Page 297 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 101 - Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 77 - As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Page 177 - ... should wander from her beaten way ; the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture; the winds breathe out their last gasp; the clouds yield no rain; the earth be defeated of Heavenly influence ; the fruits of the earth pine away, as children at the withered breasts of their mother, no longer able to yield them relief, — what would become of man himself, whom these things do now all serve ? See we not plainly that obedience of creatures unto the law of...
Page 214 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 293 - And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Page 297 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 177 - World, whereof all things in this lower World are made, should lose the qualities which now they have; if the frame of that Heavenly Arch erected over our Heads should loosen and dissolve itself...