Reasons for the Hope that is in Us: A Series of Essays on the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion, the Immortality of the Soul, and Other Important Subjects, Adapted to the Understanding of Young Persons |
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... periods of time . If this my little volume shall be found to con- tribute to the strengthening of belief in the truths of religion , and to the increase of genuine piety and virtue ; and particularly if it shall assist ex- tensively in ...
... periods of time . If this my little volume shall be found to con- tribute to the strengthening of belief in the truths of religion , and to the increase of genuine piety and virtue ; and particularly if it shall assist ex- tensively in ...
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... periods of the revolutions of all the other heavenly bodies . And here it may be asked , why has my instance of creative intelligence been taken from astronomy ? and why has an enquirer of so little learning been selected to make the ...
... periods of the revolutions of all the other heavenly bodies . And here it may be asked , why has my instance of creative intelligence been taken from astronomy ? and why has an enquirer of so little learning been selected to make the ...
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... period of quiet repose . From its annual revolution , joined with the inclination of its axis , he would find the sweetness of spring , the splendour of summer , and the bounty of autumn , following in constant succes- sion to bless him ...
... period of quiet repose . From its annual revolution , joined with the inclination of its axis , he would find the sweetness of spring , the splendour of summer , and the bounty of autumn , following in constant succes- sion to bless him ...
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... period arisen from nothing , or he must be eternal . But the first of these is not a supposable case . Without the subtlety of the schools , even our unlearned enquirer would know , that " nothing whatever can be produced or arise from ...
... period arisen from nothing , or he must be eternal . But the first of these is not a supposable case . Without the subtlety of the schools , even our unlearned enquirer would know , that " nothing whatever can be produced or arise from ...
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... periods of time , and under almost every religion , such an idea has been found to prevail . The golden age of the poets , and the residence of our first parents , amid the delightful bowers of Eden , equally point to a once blessed and ...
... periods of time , and under almost every religion , such an idea has been found to prevail . The golden age of the poets , and the residence of our first parents , amid the delightful bowers of Eden , equally point to a once blessed and ...
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Page 78 - They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be : that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots.
Page 109 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Page 132 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 147 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 161 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 48 - I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Page 46 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers...
Page 30 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 190 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Page 216 - ... by the eternal and magnificent truths, the solemn and unbounded prospects, which it unfolds. This fitness of our religion to more advanced stages of society than that in which it was introduced, to wants of human nature not then developed, seems to me very striking. The religion bears the marks of having come from a being who perfectly understood the human mind, and had power to provide for its progress. This feature of Christianity is of the nature of prophecy. It was an anticipation of future...