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... true ; therefore Christianity itself is true . Curious inquiry , indeed , prompt- ed , as I am convinced , by no other than conscientious motives , has often sub- jected this most interesting relation to a severe and rigorous ...
... true ; therefore Christianity itself is true . Curious inquiry , indeed , prompt- ed , as I am convinced , by no other than conscientious motives , has often sub- jected this most interesting relation to a severe and rigorous ...
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... true sense of the duty imposed , inquired of the supposed convert whether he really was honest in his intentions ; whether he had a thorough conviction of the truth of the religion he was desirous of professing ; and whether , in ...
... true sense of the duty imposed , inquired of the supposed convert whether he really was honest in his intentions ; whether he had a thorough conviction of the truth of the religion he was desirous of professing ; and whether , in ...
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... true - it speaks in the hallowed stillness of this awful spot , it speaks from these stones whereon ye tread , beneath which dust mingles with its kindred dust , once youthful , joyous , thoughtless as our own -it speaks in these rude ...
... true - it speaks in the hallowed stillness of this awful spot , it speaks from these stones whereon ye tread , beneath which dust mingles with its kindred dust , once youthful , joyous , thoughtless as our own -it speaks in these rude ...
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... true God , while they insisted so scrupulously on every tittle of the ceremonial law , that they could not only permit , but even en- courage , the open violation of the very temple they idolized , is an instance of in- consistency , as ...
... true God , while they insisted so scrupulously on every tittle of the ceremonial law , that they could not only permit , but even en- courage , the open violation of the very temple they idolized , is an instance of in- consistency , as ...
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... True , we neither buy nor sell ; no unhallowed service degrades our faith : true , save when the praises of our Maker ascend on high , these aisles are voiceless ; he that strays within them sees no one , hears no one ; but the con ...
... True , we neither buy nor sell ; no unhallowed service degrades our faith : true , save when the praises of our Maker ascend on high , these aisles are voiceless ; he that strays within them sees no one , hears no one ; but the con ...
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Page 150 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 136 - They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick ; but go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Page 57 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 79 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Page 148 - Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 170 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 25 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 41 - AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
Page 150 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 166 - O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal ; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.