Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... the rolling seas - these all reflect the glory of Deity , all bear the impress of his hand , all develope his wonderful agency - but they are not GOD HIMSELF . Reason ascends a little higher ; and from the volume BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . 15.
... the rolling seas - these all reflect the glory of Deity , all bear the impress of his hand , all develope his wonderful agency - but they are not GOD HIMSELF . Reason ascends a little higher ; and from the volume BEAUTIES OF COLLYER . 15.
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... impress of truth . With what grandeur the scene opens upon us . The day dawns , which is to vanish from the eyes of the wicked before its meridian ; and they gaze , unconscious of danger , upon the earliest glories of the east , which ...
... impress of truth . With what grandeur the scene opens upon us . The day dawns , which is to vanish from the eyes of the wicked before its meridian ; and they gaze , unconscious of danger , upon the earliest glories of the east , which ...
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... impress upon our senses the unity of the whole . So we ought to regard the designs of Providence . It is a magnificent , but as yet an unfinished plan . Every day demon- strates something of its beauty and consistence ; but , alas ! a ...
... impress upon our senses the unity of the whole . So we ought to regard the designs of Providence . It is a magnificent , but as yet an unfinished plan . Every day demon- strates something of its beauty and consistence ; but , alas ! a ...
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... impress , to instruct ; but these remuants cause us to lament the more bitterly that which is lost to us , as an evil irreparable , and af- ford a lesson more ample of human vanity than of human distinction . CHRIST . - A TEACHER . In ...
... impress , to instruct ; but these remuants cause us to lament the more bitterly that which is lost to us , as an evil irreparable , and af- ford a lesson more ample of human vanity than of human distinction . CHRIST . - A TEACHER . In ...
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... impress it upon the gener- ous heart . There is also a consistency of a higher charac- ter , giving perfection to all these general habits so necessary to society ; it is religious consistency , on the part of a christian , and is ...
... impress it upon the gener- ous heart . There is also a consistency of a higher charac- ter , giving perfection to all these general habits so necessary to society ; it is religious consistency , on the part of a christian , and is ...
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Page 177 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Page 23 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 12 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 28 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 18 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 30 - I die : behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 37 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 57 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 144 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.