History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of Its Existence: From 1817-1917 |
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... animals was as much a part of the Great Creator's plan as was the divine announcement " Peace on Earth , good will toward men . ” It is not claimed that these creatures possess a soul , or are even mentally endowed . We do not know ...
... animals was as much a part of the Great Creator's plan as was the divine announcement " Peace on Earth , good will toward men . ” It is not claimed that these creatures possess a soul , or are even mentally endowed . We do not know ...
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... animals and eating their flesh seems to be unnatural and barbarous . This prominent feature in the Church belief and discipline , certainly produced no objectionable or un- pleasant characteristics in the members and followers of the ...
... animals and eating their flesh seems to be unnatural and barbarous . This prominent feature in the Church belief and discipline , certainly produced no objectionable or un- pleasant characteristics in the members and followers of the ...
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... animal life , or the accom- paniment of any intoxicating beverages . This feature of the Annual General Assembly usually took place about one o'clock P.M. , continuing until about two or two- thirty , after which the members would be ...
... animal life , or the accom- paniment of any intoxicating beverages . This feature of the Annual General Assembly usually took place about one o'clock P.M. , continuing until about two or two- thirty , after which the members would be ...
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... and dis- position , our members appear to be fully as well pro- vided as those whose lives and bodies have been built up on a diet of animal flesh . They have produced , ministers , doctors , dentists , 4 BIBLE - CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
... and dis- position , our members appear to be fully as well pro- vided as those whose lives and bodies have been built up on a diet of animal flesh . They have produced , ministers , doctors , dentists , 4 BIBLE - CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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... animals as food , and total absti- nence from all intoxicating liquors , as religious duties . He founded his principles on the testimony of the Bible , and confirmed them by appeals to the facts taught by physiology , anatomy and ...
... animals as food , and total absti- nence from all intoxicating liquors , as religious duties . He founded his principles on the testimony of the Bible , and confirmed them by appeals to the facts taught by physiology , anatomy and ...
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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.
Page 6 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them...
Page 188 - ... such as these hang over the farm. Death is natural, I own, and without it this world would be cursed with life, but when it comes at the edge of the cold and sharpened steel, at the behest of man's perverted appetite and cruel will, and strikes the young and lusty and vigorous, — when death is made the chief end of life, and life becomes the handmaid of death, and nature is prostituted to the express manufacture of fattened corpses, then is death hideous indeed...
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.