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... , and so pre- supposes His power . It presents itself to us as the completion of a progressive process of positive revelation , and therefore presupposes a heavenly Father , Judge , and King . The books in Religious Issues . 5.
... , and so pre- supposes His power . It presents itself to us as the completion of a progressive process of positive revelation , and therefore presupposes a heavenly Father , Judge , and King . The books in Religious Issues . 5.
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... presents a different aspect when seen from a summit of the Jura and from a peak of the Alps , so the course of human ... present to the intellect and the heart . These different theories naturally - yea , necessarily - yield different ...
... presents a different aspect when seen from a summit of the Jura and from a peak of the Alps , so the course of human ... present to the intellect and the heart . These different theories naturally - yea , necessarily - yield different ...
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... present that our scientific men are , as a class , wanting in the insight referred to , or that the truth . just indicated is imperfectly realised by them . Perhaps such complaint was never less applicable . It is not long since it was ...
... present that our scientific men are , as a class , wanting in the insight referred to , or that the truth . just indicated is imperfectly realised by them . Perhaps such complaint was never less applicable . It is not long since it was ...
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... present day . A man who should thus account for the phenomena of the re- ligious history of heathen humanity must be now as far behind the scientific knowledge of his age regarding the subject on which he theorises , as a man who should ...
... present day . A man who should thus account for the phenomena of the re- ligious history of heathen humanity must be now as far behind the scientific knowledge of his age regarding the subject on which he theorises , as a man who should ...
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... present day . The theistic belief , although common to the whole Christian world , is one which every indi- vidual mind may study for itself , which no one is asked to accept without proof , and which multi- tudes have doubtless ...
... present day . The theistic belief , although common to the whole Christian world , is one which every indi- vidual mind may study for itself , which no one is asked to accept without proof , and which multi- tudes have doubtless ...
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