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... to the most diverse forms of thought , which is one strong proof of the eternal fitness of Christianity for mankind . This is our subject . It has these powers , first , because of its 2 The Fitness of Christianity for Mankind .
... to the most diverse forms of thought , which is one strong proof of the eternal fitness of Christianity for mankind . This is our subject . It has these powers , first , because of its 2 The Fitness of Christianity for Mankind .
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... eternal fitness for men which directly appeals to all men , or else its want of system will only minister to its ruin . And if that quality exist , it must be one which we cannot conceive as ever failing to interest men , and The ...
... eternal fitness for men which directly appeals to all men , or else its want of system will only minister to its ruin . And if that quality exist , it must be one which we cannot conceive as ever failing to interest men , and The ...
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... they will attain to , than to love them as they are , and without a sure hope of their eternal progress ; and that the blessing of Christ's perfect Manhood and Womanhood should The Fitness of Christianity for Mankind .
... they will attain to , than to love them as they are , and without a sure hope of their eternal progress ; and that the blessing of Christ's perfect Manhood and Womanhood should The Fitness of Christianity for Mankind .
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... eternal death of its parts . It may be possible to feel a pleasure in sacrificing oneself for the good of this great Being which lives by consuming its own children , and to enjoy the thought of immortality in its continued progress ...
... eternal death of its parts . It may be possible to feel a pleasure in sacrificing oneself for the good of this great Being which lives by consuming its own children , and to enjoy the thought of immortality in its continued progress ...
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... eternal fitness of Christ's teaching for mankind . The third quality in it which ensures its expansive- ness is that it has directly to do with the subjects which have always stirred the greatest curiosity , awakened the profoundest ...
... eternal fitness of Christ's teaching for mankind . The third quality in it which ensures its expansive- ness is that it has directly to do with the subjects which have always stirred the greatest curiosity , awakened the profoundest ...
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Page v - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 225 - For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. " Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! "For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 177 - I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary ; and those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour ; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
Page 177 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 146 - No more shall grief of mine the season wrong; I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng, The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep, And all the earth is gay; Land and sea...
Page 354 - FRASER (Donald). Exchange Tables of Sterling and Indian Rupee Currency, upon a new and extended system, embracing Values from One Farthing to One Hundred Thousand Pounds, and at Rates progressing, in Sixteenths of a Penny, from is.
Page viii - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 177 - ... grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ ; from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted, by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, to the edifying of itself in love.
Page 266 - For friend and foe were shadows in the mist, And friend slew friend not knowing whom he slew ; And some had visions out of golden youth, And some beheld the faces of old ghosts Look in upon the battle...
Page 343 - BASTIAN, MD, FRS The Brain as an Organ of Mind. Prof. AC RAMSAY, LL.D., FRS Earth Sculpture : Hills, Valleys, Mountains, Plains, Rivers, Lakes ; how they were Produced, and how they have been Destroyed.