The Christian Ambassador, Volume 13Richard Davies, 1875 |
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... claiming the public ear . The response must have been ex- ceedingly gratifying , since no other speaker has been so well received , for so long a period , by the thoughtful public . In this respect his example has been high and salutary ...
... claiming the public ear . The response must have been ex- ceedingly gratifying , since no other speaker has been so well received , for so long a period , by the thoughtful public . In this respect his example has been high and salutary ...
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Church . But , as there was no direct and formal rejection of their claims , room was left for hope that he still held the ordinary opinions . The essay , too , though'really pervaded by a very earnest didactic purpose , was so ...
Church . But , as there was no direct and formal rejection of their claims , room was left for hope that he still held the ordinary opinions . The essay , too , though'really pervaded by a very earnest didactic purpose , was so ...
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... claims of Christian creeds . He affirms that the soul is the only oracle of truth ; that it has access to all truth ; that its clear decisions are of final authority ; and that it perceives truth by direct contemplation or intuition ...
... claims of Christian creeds . He affirms that the soul is the only oracle of truth ; that it has access to all truth ; that its clear decisions are of final authority ; and that it perceives truth by direct contemplation or intuition ...
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... claimed by all the Roman Pontiffs since the days of Gregory VII . ( Hildebrand ) . Several Catholic writers have expressed the claim in the form of a syllogism : - " Christ is the Vicar of God , and as such possesses all power in heaven ...
... claimed by all the Roman Pontiffs since the days of Gregory VII . ( Hildebrand ) . Several Catholic writers have expressed the claim in the form of a syllogism : - " Christ is the Vicar of God , and as such possesses all power in heaven ...
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... claim on Britain in the reign of Queen Elizabeth . In his Bull against her he officially declares : " We deprive the Queen of her pretended right to the kingdom , and of all dominion , dignity , and privilege whatsoever ; and we absolve ...
... claim on Britain in the reign of Queen Elizabeth . In his Bull against her he officially declares : " We deprive the Queen of her pretended right to the kingdom , and of all dominion , dignity , and privilege whatsoever ; and we absolve ...
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Page 16 - Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe...
Page 285 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour ; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
Page 216 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 272 - Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Page 317 - Although my house be not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For this is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he make it not to grow.
Page 357 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...
Page 357 - Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Page 200 - ... all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind; that their being is to be perceived or known; that consequently so long as they are not actually perceived by me, or do not exist in my mind or that of any other created spirit, they must either have no existence at all, or else subsist in the mind of some Eternal Spirit...
Page 84 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 9 - There is a deeper fact in the soul than compensation, to wit, its own nature. The soul is not a compensation, but a life. The soul is.