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Page iii
... hope , that , if the views taken of the present subject , in any measure correspond with your own , you will countenance my humble attempts to dispel the pre- . iv judices which many well meaning Christians may entertain ,
... hope , that , if the views taken of the present subject , in any measure correspond with your own , you will countenance my humble attempts to dispel the pre- . iv judices which many well meaning Christians may entertain ,
Page vii
... hope , that the present volume may not be altogether unworthy of their attention . That it may tend to convince the sceptical of the reality of an immortal existence to expand the believer's conceptions of the attributes of the Divinity ...
... hope , that the present volume may not be altogether unworthy of their attention . That it may tend to convince the sceptical of the reality of an immortal existence to expand the believer's conceptions of the attributes of the Divinity ...
Page 13
... hope of immortality , and religion becomes a shadow , life a dream , and the approach of death a scene of darkness and despair . Upon this short question , " Is man immortal , or is he not ? " depends all that is valuable in science ...
... hope of immortality , and religion becomes a shadow , life a dream , and the approach of death a scene of darkness and despair . Upon this short question , " Is man immortal , or is he not ? " depends all that is valuable in science ...
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... hope of enjoying with them the felicities of eternal life . — The Japa- nese believe that the souls of men and beasts are alike im- mortal ; that a just distribution of rewards and punishments takes place after death ; that there are ...
... hope of enjoying with them the felicities of eternal life . — The Japa- nese believe that the souls of men and beasts are alike im- mortal ; that a just distribution of rewards and punishments takes place after death ; that there are ...
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... hope of a happiness commensurate to their desires , in the regions beyond the grave . " Even the poor Indian whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind , Whose soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the ...
... hope of a happiness commensurate to their desires , in the regions beyond the grave . " Even the poor Indian whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds , or hears him in the wind , Whose soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the ...
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Page 111 - Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 135 - The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
Page 113 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just : 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 228 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 23 - Lo, the poor Indian! Whose untutored 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 84 - Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Page 26 - the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing ;" neither the mind with any degree of knowledge which can be conveyed into it.
Page 228 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 114 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 111 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.