Protestantism in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century: Inaugural Address of

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J.C. Ivison & Company, 1849 - Protestantism - 36 pages
 

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Page 36 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 36 - And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying ; Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city ! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Page 34 - We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
Page 11 - It is a most significant circumstance that no large society of which the tongue is not Teutonic has ever turned Protestant, and that, wherever a language derived from that of ancient Rome is spoken, the religion of modern Rome to this day prevails.
Page 36 - Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Page 36 - Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.
Page 36 - Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Page 34 - The inevitable hour of Naples' fate, Her sapp'd foundations shall with thunders shake, And heave and toss upon the sulphurous lake; *» Earth's womb at once the fiery flood shall rend, And in the abyss her plunging towers descend.
Page 21 - ... for the benefit of the people, and not for the benefit of the officer, that removal is proper.
Page 24 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

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