Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... religion , is one of the most auspicious signs of the times . Our sabbath schools and bible classes have created habits of thought , and a spirit of research , and the younger members of our families and churches are hungering and ...
... religion , is one of the most auspicious signs of the times . Our sabbath schools and bible classes have created habits of thought , and a spirit of research , and the younger members of our families and churches are hungering and ...
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... religious sentiments , 73 Benevolence of Christianity , 74 Miracles of Christ , 77 Character of Moses , 79 Consistency of the Sacred Scriptures , 82 Obscurity no argument against Revelation , 86 Adversity a test of Character , 89 The ...
... religious sentiments , 73 Benevolence of Christianity , 74 Miracles of Christ , 77 Character of Moses , 79 Consistency of the Sacred Scriptures , 82 Obscurity no argument against Revelation , 86 Adversity a test of Character , 89 The ...
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... religion of nature cannot go further than to teach us that there is a God , all - powerful , all - wise , all - good ; and this is more than it taught the heathen world perfectly . But it leaves us ignorant of our relation to him ; it ...
... religion of nature cannot go further than to teach us that there is a God , all - powerful , all - wise , all - good ; and this is more than it taught the heathen world perfectly . But it leaves us ignorant of our relation to him ; it ...
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... religion . At this mo- ment , to awaken in his bosom extreme torture , " 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 ...
... religion . At this mo- ment , to awaken in his bosom extreme torture , " 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 ...
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... religion of the Gentiles , which actually did require this unnatural offering , was supported , and defended against Christianity , with vehement ob- stinacy . The rage of man , on the one side , ex- hausted itself in defence of altars ...
... religion of the Gentiles , which actually did require this unnatural offering , was supported , and defended against Christianity , with vehement ob- stinacy . The rage of man , on the one side , ex- hausted itself in defence of altars ...
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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.