The Christian Ambassador, Volume 13Richard Davies, 1875 |
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Page 13
... turn and see the speaker . In all the millions who have heard the voice , none ever saw the face . That well - known voice speaks all languages , governs all men , and none ever caught a glimpse of its form . If a man will exactly obey ...
... turn and see the speaker . In all the millions who have heard the voice , none ever saw the face . That well - known voice speaks all languages , governs all men , and none ever caught a glimpse of its form . If a man will exactly obey ...
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... turn of mind ; but it may be safely affirmed that in the fundamental principles of religion and morality , the proudest achievements of philosophy have not approached the sub- lime and all - important announcements of the Hebrew ...
... turn of mind ; but it may be safely affirmed that in the fundamental principles of religion and morality , the proudest achievements of philosophy have not approached the sub- lime and all - important announcements of the Hebrew ...
Page 71
... turns out to be objectively hollowest ; and the ideal , whether in life and character , or in the beauty of the earth and heaven , which he had taken to be the secret meaning of the real , is repudiated by it , and floats through space ...
... turns out to be objectively hollowest ; and the ideal , whether in life and character , or in the beauty of the earth and heaven , which he had taken to be the secret meaning of the real , is repudiated by it , and floats through space ...
Page 72
... turn to the mystery from which it has emerged , seeking so to fashion it as to give unity to thought and faith ; so long as this is done , not only without intolerance and bigotry of any kind , but with the enlightened recognition that ...
... turn to the mystery from which it has emerged , seeking so to fashion it as to give unity to thought and faith ; so long as this is done , not only without intolerance and bigotry of any kind , but with the enlightened recognition that ...
Page 83
... turns up yet again in the way of argument when God would comfort his people . " I , even I , am he that com- forteth you : who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die , and of the son of man which shall be made as ...
... turns up yet again in the way of argument when God would comfort his people . " I , even I , am he that com- forteth you : who art thou that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die , and of the son of man which shall be made as ...
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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.