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... interest which the subject has in the human mind . Nothing but the depth of that interest accounts for the questions . And it is deep . Nothing is so deep in the human heart as the sense of religion I do not say the love of it , but the ...
... interest which the subject has in the human mind . Nothing but the depth of that interest accounts for the questions . And it is deep . Nothing is so deep in the human heart as the sense of religion I do not say the love of it , but the ...
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... interest , and instantly there springs up bound- less dispute . But religion , unlike politics , lies in the depths of the spiritual and unseen nature , and has rela- tions with infinity . All the deeper and vaster it is , all the more ...
... interest , and instantly there springs up bound- less dispute . But religion , unlike politics , lies in the depths of the spiritual and unseen nature , and has rela- tions with infinity . All the deeper and vaster it is , all the more ...
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... interest me in the subject but mere curiosity ; let the question be , as whether in the body a certain nerve exists or does not exist . So inquiring , what do I find ? I do find a moral nerve in the soul . I find that along that nerve ...
... interest me in the subject but mere curiosity ; let the question be , as whether in the body a certain nerve exists or does not exist . So inquiring , what do I find ? I do find a moral nerve in the soul . I find that along that nerve ...
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... interest we do not say , in the first place , that every word in the record was suggest- ed by an unerring inspiration , or that any word was . Meaning now by inspiration , not an afflatus , nor a po- etic enthusiasm , nor mental vigor ...
... interest we do not say , in the first place , that every word in the record was suggest- ed by an unerring inspiration , or that any word was . Meaning now by inspiration , not an afflatus , nor a po- etic enthusiasm , nor mental vigor ...
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... interest which heaven takes in our welfare ! - what could be more interesting ? - Nay , it is precisely the manifestation that the cultivated mind of the world needs , and for which , in fact , it was re- served . It is often referred ...
... interest which heaven takes in our welfare ! - what could be more interesting ? - Nay , it is precisely the manifestation that the cultivated mind of the world needs , and for which , in fact , it was re- served . It is often referred ...
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Page 63 - Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Page 2 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words : Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain...
Page 32 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 9 - For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Page 28 - God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race...
Page 7 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 4 - Christian should turn his attention if he would be able ' to give a reason for the hope that is in him.
Page 14 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 44 - And when he came to himself, he said. How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare ; and I perish with hunger. I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him. Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son ; make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 12 - The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, (whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures,) to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.