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... moral development ; but , above all , it is eminently calculated to induce us trustfully to look forward to that time to come when all doubt shall be dispersed , and it powerfully strengthens the belief that our future state of bliss ...
... moral development ; but , above all , it is eminently calculated to induce us trustfully to look forward to that time to come when all doubt shall be dispersed , and it powerfully strengthens the belief that our future state of bliss ...
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... morality . ' " Reason is the light of the soul . " " Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good ; " but " believe not every spirit , but try the spirits whether they are of God ; " " and be ready always to give an answer to every ...
... morality . ' " Reason is the light of the soul . " " Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good ; " but " believe not every spirit , but try the spirits whether they are of God ; " " and be ready always to give an answer to every ...
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... moral attribute is essential to the immaterial : long- suffering , mercy , and love we know to be the cha- racteristics of One Adorable Being ; but we are taught that hatred , malice , and sleepless perseve- rance in works of darkness ...
... moral attribute is essential to the immaterial : long- suffering , mercy , and love we know to be the cha- racteristics of One Adorable Being ; but we are taught that hatred , malice , and sleepless perseve- rance in works of darkness ...
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... moral evil , are allowed to exist , is a question which human reason has never been permitted to answer , and is one upon which it is by no means our intention to enter . We read , however , that " the devil a John , iii . 19. , i . 5 ...
... moral evil , are allowed to exist , is a question which human reason has never been permitted to answer , and is one upon which it is by no means our intention to enter . We read , however , that " the devil a John , iii . 19. , i . 5 ...
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... morally , it is an indis- pensable preliminary to all improvement , that they should possess within their dwellings what- ever is required for cleanliness and decency . Now , to show the physical mischiefs that in this respect beset the ...
... morally , it is an indis- pensable preliminary to all improvement , that they should possess within their dwellings what- ever is required for cleanliness and decency . Now , to show the physical mischiefs that in this respect beset the ...
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Thoughts on Being: Suggested by Meditation Upon the Infinite, the Immaterial ... Edward Shirley Kennedy No preview available - 2009 |
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Page 242 - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 'and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 'and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. • For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 260 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding — if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, — then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God..
Page 271 - ... 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 xiii - This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to the other : so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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Page xv - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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Page 224 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 217 - Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 217 - WHO is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.