The Andover Review, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885 - Religion |
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... object of this article to set forth , is to be found in the growing influence of the pulpit upon theology . The contemporary pulpit is often charged with the lack of the- ological preaching . There are some reasons which , while they ...
... object of this article to set forth , is to be found in the growing influence of the pulpit upon theology . The contemporary pulpit is often charged with the lack of the- ological preaching . There are some reasons which , while they ...
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... object of the preacher who has found himself confronted Sabbath after Sabbath by a Christianized ccn- gregation ? What has he been able to place before himself as the equivalent , in moral and spiritual urgency , to the endeavor of the ...
... object of the preacher who has found himself confronted Sabbath after Sabbath by a Christianized ccn- gregation ? What has he been able to place before himself as the equivalent , in moral and spiritual urgency , to the endeavor of the ...
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... object will be accomplished in so far as I may gain from any minds the clear recognition of the fact that there is a moral purpose involved in the present theological discussion , and that there are practical necessities urging it on ...
... object will be accomplished in so far as I may gain from any minds the clear recognition of the fact that there is a moral purpose involved in the present theological discussion , and that there are practical necessities urging it on ...
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... objects about which abuses and quarrels had grown up , were the happy influences which gave a better shape to matters here . But we must not withhold on this account a due recognition from the men whose zeal for religion did not dull ...
... objects about which abuses and quarrels had grown up , were the happy influences which gave a better shape to matters here . But we must not withhold on this account a due recognition from the men whose zeal for religion did not dull ...
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... objects of Christian endeavor have their seasons , and that it is the part of wisdom to use rather than to ignore the great changes which pass over a community under the influences of the gospel . The church should adapt itself to men ...
... objects of Christian endeavor have their seasons , and that it is the part of wisdom to use rather than to ignore the great changes which pass over a community under the influences of the gospel . The church should adapt itself to men ...
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Page 90 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Page 577 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 578 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 233 - Thousands of human generations, all as noisy as our own, have been swallowed up of Time, and there remains no wreck of them any more ; and Arcturus and Orion and Sirius and the Pleiades are still shining in their courses, clear and young, as when the Shepherd first noted them in the plain of Shinar.
Page 539 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 232 - Foolish soul! What Act of Legislature was there that thou shouldst be Happy? A little while ago thou hadst no right to be at all. What if thou wert born and predestined not to be Happy, but to be Unhappy!
Page 579 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Page 580 - I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
Page 510 - You think the Charter would make you free — would to God it would! The Charter is not bad; if the men who use it are not bad ! But will the Charter make you free?
Page 18 - ... or the whole symphony with artful and unimaginable touches adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer — sometimes the lute or soft organ-stop waiting on elegant voices. either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which, if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.