The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 33G. Lane and P.P. Sanford, 1851 - Methodist Church |
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... observation it has been one of successive approximations to truth , so slow and so often repeated , that the immense period during which the process has been conducted has been sufficient to eliminate almost every vestige of error ; and ...
... observation it has been one of successive approximations to truth , so slow and so often repeated , that the immense period during which the process has been conducted has been sufficient to eliminate almost every vestige of error ; and ...
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... observations with them from the effects of atmospheric refraction , parallax , and the aberration of light , and such solutions of spherical triangles as may be necessary to determine the co - ordinates of the places of the heavenly ...
... observations with them from the effects of atmospheric refraction , parallax , and the aberration of light , and such solutions of spherical triangles as may be necessary to determine the co - ordinates of the places of the heavenly ...
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... observations , so to choose his opportunities , and so to familiarize himself with all the causes which may produce ... observation : such as arise , for example , from inexpert- ness , defective vision , slowness in seizing the exact ...
... observations , so to choose his opportunities , and so to familiarize himself with all the causes which may produce ... observation : such as arise , for example , from inexpert- ness , defective vision , slowness in seizing the exact ...
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... observation , and then turn round upon the instruments with which those observations were made , accuse them of imperfection , and attempt to detect and rectify their errors by means of the very laws and theories which they have helped ...
... observation , and then turn round upon the instruments with which those observations were made , accuse them of imperfection , and attempt to detect and rectify their errors by means of the very laws and theories which they have helped ...
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... observation . All the stars , it is true , occupy the same interval of time between their successive appulses to the ... observe the moon , we find a third , much longer than either , a lunar day , whose average duration is 24h 54m of ...
... observation . All the stars , it is true , occupy the same interval of time between their successive appulses to the ... observe the moon , we find a third , much longer than either , a lunar day , whose average duration is 24h 54m of ...
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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.