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... questions so deep , that they cannot be answered . The perception of the finite , seems with them , to be followed immediately , by a plunge into the infinite . A wise obser- ver will see this , even through the broken language of ...
... questions so deep , that they cannot be answered . The perception of the finite , seems with them , to be followed immediately , by a plunge into the infinite . A wise obser- ver will see this , even through the broken language of ...
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... questions , what are its earliest manifestations upon earth ? and what are the means and laws of its growth ? -are unsettled ; and there- fore it is not a subject for dogmatic teaching . Mr. Alcott replies to this objection , that his ...
... questions , what are its earliest manifestations upon earth ? and what are the means and laws of its growth ? -are unsettled ; and there- fore it is not a subject for dogmatic teaching . Mr. Alcott replies to this objection , that his ...
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... first lesson is very probably the strongest on the mind of many readers . It consisted of a series of questions , calculated to bring out the strongest and most delicate sentiments of the individual soul . Testing ques- tions PREFACE . Vii.
... first lesson is very probably the strongest on the mind of many readers . It consisted of a series of questions , calculated to bring out the strongest and most delicate sentiments of the individual soul . Testing ques- tions PREFACE . Vii.
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... questions of the same kind were not repeated after the first day . But I felt bound in con- science to put into the Record , every thing that transpired during that winter , and to present even the exercises that were afterwards ...
... questions of the same kind were not repeated after the first day . But I felt bound in con- science to put into the Record , every thing that transpired during that winter , and to present even the exercises that were afterwards ...
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... questions so decided : at last he begins to speak , and almost astonishes us , by his thoughts and expressions . The journals which the children begin to keep , as soon as they can join letters , also , often give indications of ...
... questions so decided : at last he begins to speak , and almost astonishes us , by his thoughts and expressions . The journals which the children begin to keep , as soon as they can join letters , also , often give indications of ...
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Page 187 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants which drew the water knew) the governor of the feast...
Page 187 - And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water.
Page 111 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 110 - To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 86 - It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Page 41 - And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.
Page 111 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 190 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 190 - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Page 107 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose ; The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare ; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair ; The Sunshine is a glorious birth ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.