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Page 163 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
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Page 35 - The principles of the Christian religion as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good, and to do to others as they would have others do to them.
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| Title | History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of Its Existence: From 1817-1917 |
| Author | Philadelphia Bible-Christian church. Maintenance committee |
| Publisher | J.B. Lippincott Company, 1922 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 192 pages |
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