The Divine Origin of Christianity Indicated by Its Historical EffectsRandolph, 1884 - 674 pages [Ten lectures delivered before the Union Theological Seminary, New York, and the Lowell Institute, Boston]. |
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... brought fresh honor to American scholarship , as well as to the mind and the spirit of its accomplished and diligent author . R. S. STORRS . BROOKLYN , N. Y. , October 25 , 1884 . LECTURE I. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY AS DIVINE ...
... brought fresh honor to American scholarship , as well as to the mind and the spirit of its accomplished and diligent author . R. S. STORRS . BROOKLYN , N. Y. , October 25 , 1884 . LECTURE I. EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY AS DIVINE ...
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... brought fresh honor to American scholarship , as well as to the mind and the spirit of its accomplished and diligent author . R . S . STORRS . BROOKLYN , N . Y . , October 25 , 1884 LECTURE I . EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY AS ...
... brought fresh honor to American scholarship , as well as to the mind and the spirit of its accomplished and diligent author . R . S . STORRS . BROOKLYN , N . Y . , October 25 , 1884 LECTURE I . EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTIANITY AS ...
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... brought to us in the New Testament asserts for itself this supreme and enduring authority , as being , in a sense transcendent and ex- clusive , revealed from God ; while other religions claim much the same thing , at least as related ...
... brought to us in the New Testament asserts for itself this supreme and enduring authority , as being , in a sense transcendent and ex- clusive , revealed from God ; while other religions claim much the same thing , at least as related ...
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... brought by regenerating baptism , in which he is nourished in goodness and truth by effectual sacraments , and through whose authorized officiating priests he obtains absolution and remission of sins ; a Church in which the Lord is ...
... brought by regenerating baptism , in which he is nourished in goodness and truth by effectual sacraments , and through whose authorized officiating priests he obtains absolution and remission of sins ; a Church in which the Lord is ...
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... brought ; and it must not be committed against a conclusion , it must be in fact quite ready to receive that , if the arguments for it turn out to be sufficient . In this way we discuss , intelligently and fruitfully , the character of ...
... brought ; and it must not be committed against a conclusion , it must be in fact quite ready to receive that , if the arguments for it turn out to be sufficient . In this way we discuss , intelligently and fruitfully , the character of ...
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Page 495 - Fondly do we hope— fervently do we pray— that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.
Page 495 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 342 - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Page 15 - And said unto the woman. Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 641 - Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people...
Page 586 - Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, — no, nor the human race, as I believe, — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
Page 329 - Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain ; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep, — there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens.
Page 641 - Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
Page 450 - Can it be that those mysterious stirrings of heart, and keen emotions, and strange yearnings after we know not what, and awful impressions from we know not whence, should be wrought in us by what is unsubstantial, and comes and goes, and begins and ends in itself? It is not so; it cannot be. No; they have escaped from some higher sphere; they are the outpourings of eternal harmony in the medium of created sound; they are echoes from our Home; they are the voice of Angels, or the Magnificat of Saints,...
Page 641 - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought : 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.