The Christian Disciple, Volume 4Cummings and Hillard, 1822 - Liberalism (Religion) |
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... duties of life , religion is no longer necessary to them , however suitable it may be to keep up in others a sense of duty . They are convinced that the whole course of life com- manded by the Christian faith is rational and suited to ...
... duties of life , religion is no longer necessary to them , however suitable it may be to keep up in others a sense of duty . They are convinced that the whole course of life com- manded by the Christian faith is rational and suited to ...
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... the motive is placed as much above all earthly things as a Christian's hope , what can be a sufficient temptation to lead one from duty ? It is almost impossible to suppose a case when a Christian , if he had time to reflect , 6 On Piety .
... the motive is placed as much above all earthly things as a Christian's hope , what can be a sufficient temptation to lead one from duty ? It is almost impossible to suppose a case when a Christian , if he had time to reflect , 6 On Piety .
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... duties and pleasures , is so far below what we at times feel we were made for ; so much beneath what we hope is our destiny ; our conceptions of what might be , so far outrun any thing it is given us here to see or feel ; that it is ...
... duties and pleasures , is so far below what we at times feel we were made for ; so much beneath what we hope is our destiny ; our conceptions of what might be , so far outrun any thing it is given us here to see or feel ; that it is ...
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... duties , which will prepare us for better things . When this hope is once firmly established , how cheerily will man go ... duty ; a good temper and a blameless and beneficent deportment are thought to be all that is required . It is ...
... duties , which will prepare us for better things . When this hope is once firmly established , how cheerily will man go ... duty ; a good temper and a blameless and beneficent deportment are thought to be all that is required . It is ...
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... duties are re- gulated and our rights ascertained . Is it not true , if we appeal to experience , that in proportion ... duty and virtue is set up as the rule of life . We do not say , that the actual attainments of men in goodness are ...
... duties are re- gulated and our rights ascertained . Is it not true , if we appeal to experience , that in proportion ... duty and virtue is set up as the rule of life . We do not say , that the actual attainments of men in goodness are ...
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Page 317 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Page 334 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Page 98 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 279 - Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
Page 25 - Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Page 24 - Tis he whose law is reason, who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill...
Page 24 - Is placable, because occasions rise So often that demand such sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness...
Page 316 - For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me : him shall ye hear in all things, whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Page 317 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any of them, that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
Page 397 - The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you. and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.