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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... common consent of its advo cates and its opponents , has come to describe it . It is primarily presented in a collection of writings , about the date of the authorship of which , or of some of which , there has been pro- longed ...
... common consent of its advo cates and its opponents , has come to describe it . It is primarily presented in a collection of writings , about the date of the authorship of which , or of some of which , there has been pro- longed ...
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... common under the teachings of the ethnic religions . At the same time , however , these claim to have a supreme authority over the peoples to whom they severally pertain ; to have come to them , not from man's wit or device , but from ...
... common under the teachings of the ethnic religions . At the same time , however , these claim to have a supreme authority over the peoples to whom they severally pertain ; to have come to them , not from man's wit or device , but from ...
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... common consent con- tain Christianity has come from God , and not from the genius or will of man , though we have not as yet developed for our- selves , and set in their relations , its constituting doctrines . It is this primary ...
... common consent con- tain Christianity has come from God , and not from the genius or will of man , though we have not as yet developed for our- selves , and set in their relations , its constituting doctrines . It is this primary ...
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... common to human wickedness or human infirmity , and to show by themselves its special effects , then these , its characteristic products , as realized in the public life of the world , may give us light , on its nature not only , but on ...
... common to human wickedness or human infirmity , and to show by themselves its special effects , then these , its characteristic products , as realized in the public life of the world , may give us light , on its nature not only , but on ...
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... common among men since Jesus of Nazareth proclaimed his religion , it seems quite impossible to doubt ; and that such change and ele . vation of thought on this supreme theme have been radically due to his sovereign instruction , and ...
... common among men since Jesus of Nazareth proclaimed his religion , it seems quite impossible to doubt ; and that such change and ele . vation of thought on this supreme theme have been radically due to his sovereign instruction , and ...
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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.