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... apostles feel and act . Thus , too , did the primitive Christians . There was a simplicity , a moral sub- limity of character , a transparency of principle , which kept them unharmed by the polluting influence of governmental intrigues ...
... apostles feel and act . Thus , too , did the primitive Christians . There was a simplicity , a moral sub- limity of character , a transparency of principle , which kept them unharmed by the polluting influence of governmental intrigues ...
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... apostle Peter compares the knowledge of prophecy to the dawn , and morning star . The system itself is the midnight lamp , to guide our way , and to comfort us in the darkness that enshrouds us . It behoves us to take heed to it or ...
... apostle Peter compares the knowledge of prophecy to the dawn , and morning star . The system itself is the midnight lamp , to guide our way , and to comfort us in the darkness that enshrouds us . It behoves us to take heed to it or ...
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... apostles , what views were entertained by those to whom were first com- mitted the oracles of God . The authority of the fathers has been substituted , by the papal and other hierarchies , for the word of God . Wherever it has been ...
... apostles , what views were entertained by those to whom were first com- mitted the oracles of God . The authority of the fathers has been substituted , by the papal and other hierarchies , for the word of God . Wherever it has been ...
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... apostles , for the instruction of the world . " These , indeed , are some of the results which flow from the study of prophecy , but not the leading and primary design of God . Peter says expressly , the word of prophecy , not the ...
... apostles , for the instruction of the world . " These , indeed , are some of the results which flow from the study of prophecy , but not the leading and primary design of God . Peter says expressly , the word of prophecy , not the ...
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... APOSTLES , THOUGH DIVINELY INSPIRED , WERE GREATLY MISTAKEN IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPHECIES , AND THAT THERE- FORE IT MUST DEMAND REQUIREMENTS OF SO LOFTY A CHARACTER , AS TO RENDER IT ALMOST , IF NOT ALTOGE- THER , IMPOSSIBLE ...
... APOSTLES , THOUGH DIVINELY INSPIRED , WERE GREATLY MISTAKEN IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPHECIES , AND THAT THERE- FORE IT MUST DEMAND REQUIREMENTS OF SO LOFTY A CHARACTER , AS TO RENDER IT ALMOST , IF NOT ALTOGE- THER , IMPOSSIBLE ...
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Page 306 - And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Page 305 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 331 - So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Page 278 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly ; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Page 284 - I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom (Daniel 7:19-22, emphasis supplied).
Page 17 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Page 96 - And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speaK a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Page 307 - And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire: and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth: for her grapes are fully ripe.
Page 335 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page 336 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.