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... idea of a future world is a mere chimera . On the contrary , the possibility , and even the probability , of the truth of man's eternal des- tiny , will , at certain seasons , force themselves upon the minds even of the most careless ...
... idea of a future world is a mere chimera . On the contrary , the possibility , and even the probability , of the truth of man's eternal des- tiny , will , at certain seasons , force themselves upon the minds even of the most careless ...
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... idea , that death is not the destruction of the rational soul , but only its introduction to a new and unknown state of existence . The ancient Scythians believed that death was only a change of habita- tion ; and the Magian sect ...
... idea , that death is not the destruction of the rational soul , but only its introduction to a new and unknown state of existence . The ancient Scythians believed that death was only a change of habita- tion ; and the Magian sect ...
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... ideas they have been led to entertain respecting the nature of substantial happiness ; from the cruel and absurd practi- ces connected with the system of Pagan superstition ; from the intellectual darkness which has brooded over the ...
... ideas they have been led to entertain respecting the nature of substantial happiness ; from the cruel and absurd practi- ces connected with the system of Pagan superstition ; from the intellectual darkness which has brooded over the ...
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... idea of the shame of being ex- posed naked after their death , produced such a powerful effect upon the minds of the Milesian virgins , that it deter- red them from putting an end to their lives , after all other arguments had been ...
... idea of the shame of being ex- posed naked after their death , produced such a powerful effect upon the minds of the Milesian virgins , that it deter- red them from putting an end to their lives , after all other arguments had been ...
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... idea we can form of the moral attributes of the Divinity . It would be inconsistent with his veracity ; for to encourage hopes and desires which are never intended to be gratified , is the characteristic of a deceiver , and therefore ...
... idea we can form of the moral attributes of the Divinity . It would be inconsistent with his veracity ; for to encourage hopes and desires which are never intended to be gratified , is the characteristic of a deceiver , and therefore ...
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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.