The Christian Ambassador, Volume 13Richard Davies, 1875 |
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... Limits of Thought " is almost a complete failure . One good result of the work is that it has incited to an earnest and patient investigation of the argu- ments by which he apparently overthrows principles which have ever been held ...
... Limits of Thought " is almost a complete failure . One good result of the work is that it has incited to an earnest and patient investigation of the argu- ments by which he apparently overthrows principles which have ever been held ...
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... limit in God than the imperfections in nature imply a limit in His power , wisdom , and goodness . And as every , even the minutest , part of nature is dependent on God for its per- petual existence , the nature of which to Him is fully ...
... limit in God than the imperfections in nature imply a limit in His power , wisdom , and goodness . And as every , even the minutest , part of nature is dependent on God for its per- petual existence , the nature of which to Him is fully ...
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... limits of human thought ? A philosophy of the infinite is deemed impos- sible by Mr. Mansell . If , by a philosophy ... limit of thought . 1. The first condition of finite thought is intuition . Intuitive capacity must be possessed by ...
... limits of human thought ? A philosophy of the infinite is deemed impos- sible by Mr. Mansell . If , by a philosophy ... limit of thought . 1. The first condition of finite thought is intuition . Intuitive capacity must be possessed by ...
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... limits of thought . But thought and emotion belong to the infinite , as well as the finite , and are therefore , in themselves , not necessarily limits of thought . There are other five conditions of thought stated by Mr. Man- sell in ...
... limits of thought . But thought and emotion belong to the infinite , as well as the finite , and are therefore , in themselves , not necessarily limits of thought . There are other five conditions of thought stated by Mr. Man- sell in ...
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... limit , for personality is a condition of all thought , whether of the infinite or finite . To call the universe a person , would be self - evidently irrational . The universe is not a conscious existence , and , there- fore , is not a ...
... limit , for personality is a condition of all thought , whether of the infinite or finite . To call the universe a person , would be self - evidently irrational . The universe is not a conscious existence , and , there- fore , is not a ...
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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.