Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... ruins of those which preceded them , only to be pulled down in their turns , to make way for others equally absurd , and equally false . After dragging us through mazes of intri- cate reasoning , it leaves us precisely at the point at ...
... ruins of those which preceded them , only to be pulled down in their turns , to make way for others equally absurd , and equally false . After dragging us through mazes of intri- cate reasoning , it leaves us precisely at the point at ...
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... ruin . When Noah laid the first beams of his ark across each other , it is probable he did it amid the insult- ing shouts of an hardened multitude . The build- ing advanced . Some admired the structure ; some derided his plan ; some ...
... ruin . When Noah laid the first beams of his ark across each other , it is probable he did it amid the insult- ing shouts of an hardened multitude . The build- ing advanced . Some admired the structure ; some derided his plan ; some ...
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... ruin presents itself . Ah ! there is no escaping the hand of God ! The skies pour an unabating torrent . An hollow groan is heard through universal nature , deploring the impending destruction . The birds and beasts which remain ...
... ruin presents itself . Ah ! there is no escaping the hand of God ! The skies pour an unabating torrent . An hollow groan is heard through universal nature , deploring the impending destruction . The birds and beasts which remain ...
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... ruin , long before Daniel explained the inscription ! While all was riot during the first part of the night , and ... ruins those who cherish it . MEMORIALS OF GRATITUDE . As Abraham journied in the road by which he had descended into ...
... ruin , long before Daniel explained the inscription ! While all was riot during the first part of the night , and ... ruins those who cherish it . MEMORIALS OF GRATITUDE . As Abraham journied in the road by which he had descended into ...
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... ruin . It is thus that we feel a di- vine power gently attracting us from the world to the cross : we are drawn with " the cords of love : " no violence is imposed upon our will in leading us from the paths of death : but we feel and ...
... ruin . It is thus that we feel a di- vine power gently attracting us from the world to the cross : we are drawn with " the cords of love : " no violence is imposed upon our will in leading us from the paths of death : but we feel and ...
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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.