The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 33G. Lane and P.P. Sanford, 1851 - Methodist Church |
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... give us a knowledge of the existence of matter and its properties , cannot be sustained . The knowledge thus imparted is very limited . Each sense gives us one class of simple ideas only : thus , by sight , we learn of colours ; by ...
... give us a knowledge of the existence of matter and its properties , cannot be sustained . The knowledge thus imparted is very limited . Each sense gives us one class of simple ideas only : thus , by sight , we learn of colours ; by ...
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... give us words and phrases that , ' to common minds at least , convey no meaning . Sir John Herschel says , — " The Divine Author of the universe cannot be supposed to have laid down particular laws , enumerating all individual ...
... give us words and phrases that , ' to common minds at least , convey no meaning . Sir John Herschel says , — " The Divine Author of the universe cannot be supposed to have laid down particular laws , enumerating all individual ...
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... give a general notion , -a science so vast , so long prosecuted by mankind , so multifarious in its aspects , requiring for its full comprehension such profound knowledge of other sciences , -it is this science which the work before us ...
... give a general notion , -a science so vast , so long prosecuted by mankind , so multifarious in its aspects , requiring for its full comprehension such profound knowledge of other sciences , -it is this science which the work before us ...
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... give the time of transit over the middle wire , with a probable error of one - fifth of what would have been the ... gives rise to what is called personal equation , a correction which has to be applied to an observation de- pending on ...
... give the time of transit over the middle wire , with a probable error of one - fifth of what would have been the ... gives rise to what is called personal equation , a correction which has to be applied to an observation de- pending on ...
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... give an idea of the delicacy and accuracy of the results arrived at in modern obser- vations , not only in consequence of the superiority of the instru- ments , but of the power of deducing the true from the erroneous possessed by the ...
... give an idea of the delicacy and accuracy of the results arrived at in modern obser- vations , not only in consequence of the superiority of the instru- ments , but of the power of deducing the true from the erroneous possessed by the ...
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Page 375 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth...
Page 263 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 513 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 295 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Page 263 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 86 - I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Page 129 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come ; and even now already is it in the world.
Page 119 - Who although he be God and man, yet he is not two, but one Christ ; one, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God ; one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ.
Page 641 - I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart : and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 133 - 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.