The Christian Observatory, Volume 2Alexander Wilson M'Clure Woodbridge, Moore & Company, 1848 |
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... once more on the moving throng , hurrying to the sacred waters where Jesus was baptized . They are the women of Jerusalem , veiled and wrapped about , as if with the cerements of the grave . They have only come to look on the bravery of ...
... once more on the moving throng , hurrying to the sacred waters where Jesus was baptized . They are the women of Jerusalem , veiled and wrapped about , as if with the cerements of the grave . They have only come to look on the bravery of ...
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... once into the valley of the Jordan . There , on the right , lies the Dead Sea , in deep repose , cradled between the mountains of Moab and and Judea , and reflecting the deep blue of the skies above it . There , on the left , is the ...
... once into the valley of the Jordan . There , on the right , lies the Dead Sea , in deep repose , cradled between the mountains of Moab and and Judea , and reflecting the deep blue of the skies above it . There , on the left , is the ...
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... once , for the Jordan is yet four miles distant . The width of the valley near Jericho is about ten miles , bounded by the mountains of Moab on the east , and those of Judah on the west . With the exception of the neighborhood of ...
... once , for the Jordan is yet four miles distant . The width of the valley near Jericho is about ten miles , bounded by the mountains of Moab on the east , and those of Judah on the west . With the exception of the neighborhood of ...
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... once , in full and mild effulgence above the outline of the mountains of Moab . You think of the star of Bethlehem , and of Him " who is the bright and morning star . " The heavens and the earth become pervaded with the presence of God ...
... once , in full and mild effulgence above the outline of the mountains of Moab . You think of the star of Bethlehem , and of Him " who is the bright and morning star . " The heavens and the earth become pervaded with the presence of God ...
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... once illumined by the spiritual promptings of man- kind . " As a book of theology , " it should not be read . " In further characterizing the work before us , we remark , first , that it is one , not merely of infidelity so far as the ...
... once illumined by the spiritual promptings of man- kind . " As a book of theology , " it should not be read . " In further characterizing the work before us , we remark , first , that it is one , not merely of infidelity so far as the ...
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Page 65 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 248 - Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul: and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows reason at religion's sight; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.
Page 178 - far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.
Page 68 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men ; for kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 252 - Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a pharisee and the other a publican ; the pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican ; I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Page 251 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 463 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 239 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 82 - Thou therefore that sittest in light and glory unapproachable, Parent of angels and men! next thee I implore, omnipotent King, Redeemer of that lost remnant whose nature thou didst assume, ineffable and everlasting love! and thou, the third subsistence of divine infinitude, illumining Spirit, the joy and solace of created things! one Tripersonal godhead! look upon this thy poor and almost spent and expiring church...
Page 552 - Truly, good Christian reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...