The Christian Observer, Volume 16Hatchard and Company, 1818 - Religion |
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... least to the greatest , may know God , and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent . ' In a great measure , the matter is ill understood by many . Ques- tions have been raised , as if the distri- bution of the Bible itself was reprobated . I ...
... least to the greatest , may know God , and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent . ' In a great measure , the matter is ill understood by many . Ques- tions have been raised , as if the distri- bution of the Bible itself was reprobated . I ...
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... least , continued in unabated strength . The " novel union and combina- tion " of Churchmen and Dissent- ers , was peculiarly reprobated , It was treated as a principle inex - blishment " —thus directly appro- pressibly mischievous . It ...
... least , continued in unabated strength . The " novel union and combina- tion " of Churchmen and Dissent- ers , was peculiarly reprobated , It was treated as a principle inex - blishment " —thus directly appro- pressibly mischievous . It ...
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... least observable circum- stance in this extract , is the pur- pose for which it introduces the Ethiopian nobleman ; a purpose so essentially different , not to say diametrically opposite , from that to which the same history is turned ...
... least observable circum- stance in this extract , is the pur- pose for which it introduces the Ethiopian nobleman ; a purpose so essentially different , not to say diametrically opposite , from that to which the same history is turned ...
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... least has been sounded , in some degree , in every ear . In intro- ducing the Bible to the divisions which prevail amongst Protestants in general , our chief wish is to teach them , in what sense the words of Scripture are most truly ...
... least has been sounded , in some degree , in every ear . In intro- ducing the Bible to the divisions which prevail amongst Protestants in general , our chief wish is to teach them , in what sense the words of Scripture are most truly ...
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... least , it has been sounded , in some degree , in every ear - statements , however , which , even if they were as correct and as effective as the right reve- rend author supposes , would only prove that the Bible Society , in doing what ...
... least , it has been sounded , in some degree , in every ear - statements , however , which , even if they were as correct and as effective as the right reve- rend author supposes , would only prove that the Bible Society , in doing what ...
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Page 348 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 8 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 350 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
Page 144 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Page 345 - This is that which the Lord hath said: 'Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.' Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Page 253 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 143 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 138 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 503 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 250 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine ; And hills all rich with blossomed trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scattered cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strewed a scene, which I should see With double joy wert thou with me.