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Page ii
... attention of man as a creature of God , a denizen of the universe , and a candi- date for eternity , is humbly and respectfully dedicated to those who value truth above all conventionalities , all orders , all castes , all authorities ...
... attention of man as a creature of God , a denizen of the universe , and a candi- date for eternity , is humbly and respectfully dedicated to those who value truth above all conventionalities , all orders , all castes , all authorities ...
Page ix
... attention , should get glimpses of it in our weekly efforts , rather than from its delineation here , lest as ability falls so often short of intention , they form expectations which may be doomed to disappointment . If , however ...
... attention , should get glimpses of it in our weekly efforts , rather than from its delineation here , lest as ability falls so often short of intention , they form expectations which may be doomed to disappointment . If , however ...
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... attention , but especially that which relates to man's spiritual nature as a sinful and ruined being . To the Bible , and the Bible alone , must we appeal for the revelation of God's thoughts toward man . That book we shall defend as ...
... attention , but especially that which relates to man's spiritual nature as a sinful and ruined being . To the Bible , and the Bible alone , must we appeal for the revelation of God's thoughts toward man . That book we shall defend as ...
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... attention , but especially that which relates to man's spiritual nature as a sinful and ruined being . To the Bible , and the Bible alone , must we appeal for the revelation of God's thoughts toward man . That book we shall defend as ...
... attention , but especially that which relates to man's spiritual nature as a sinful and ruined being . To the Bible , and the Bible alone , must we appeal for the revelation of God's thoughts toward man . That book we shall defend as ...
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... attention , and no matter what it cost , they would have it ! So they gave out , that this Rev. Gentleman ( ? ) would prove the Bible to be a mere human production ! Certainly his lectures were well attended , most of them ending in ...
... attention , and no matter what it cost , they would have it ! So they gave out , that this Rev. Gentleman ( ? ) would prove the Bible to be a mere human production ! Certainly his lectures were well attended , most of them ending in ...
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Page 291 - Then the little Hiawatha, Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets,, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them "Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
Page 21 - For thy Maker is thy husband ; the Lord of hosts is his name ; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel ; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Page 275 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 303 - ... having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him...
Page 62 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 216 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Page 123 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 153 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 24 - He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not his mouth.
Page 25 - God's true worship : lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to point out and describe...