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... range of view which is opened to the human faculties throughout the immensity of space and duration , 46 . SECTION VI . On the moral powers of man , 55 . SECTION VII . On the apprehensions and forebodings of the mind when under the ...
... range of view which is opened to the human faculties throughout the immensity of space and duration , 46 . SECTION VI . On the moral powers of man , 55 . SECTION VII . On the apprehensions and forebodings of the mind when under the ...
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... range of the human mind . Next to the being of a God , the doctrine of the immortality of man lies at the foundation of all religion , and of all the animating prospects which can cheer us in this land of our pilgrimage . Remove from ...
... range of the human mind . Next to the being of a God , the doctrine of the immortality of man lies at the foundation of all religion , and of all the animating prospects which can cheer us in this land of our pilgrimage . Remove from ...
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... ranges of mountains which stretch along the continents , and project their summits beyond the clouds , with the volcanoes , the tornadoes , the water - spouts , and the sublime and beauti- ful landscapes which diversify the different ...
... ranges of mountains which stretch along the continents , and project their summits beyond the clouds , with the volcanoes , the tornadoes , the water - spouts , and the sublime and beauti- ful landscapes which diversify the different ...
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... range of their ac- tion . It is true , indeed , that , in some men , the desire of knowledge appears to be blunted and almost annihilated , so that they appear to be little superior in their views to the lower orders of sensitive ...
... range of their ac- tion . It is true , indeed , that , in some men , the desire of knowledge appears to be blunted and almost annihilated , so that they appear to be little superior in their views to the lower orders of sensitive ...
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... range of objects , than that of any other sensitive being . While some of the lower animals have their vision circumscribed within a circle of a few yards or inches in diameter , the eye of inan can sur- vey , at one glance , an ...
... range of objects , than that of any other sensitive being . While some of the lower animals have their vision circumscribed within a circle of a few yards or inches in diameter , the eye of inan can sur- vey , at one glance , an ...
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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.