The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 247A. Constable, 1928 |
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... nation would not pass it . Reassurances were subsequently issued from Lambeth " that what is laid down in the New Book will , if the measure receives the Royal Assent , be faithfully administered and that the bishops will act together ...
... nation would not pass it . Reassurances were subsequently issued from Lambeth " that what is laid down in the New Book will , if the measure receives the Royal Assent , be faithfully administered and that the bishops will act together ...
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... nation strives to put matters right . In peace , wrong methods in training or in organization may pass unheeded , except by those with inner knowledge , but they may breed a virus within the system which may finally prove fatal in the ...
... nation strives to put matters right . In peace , wrong methods in training or in organization may pass unheeded , except by those with inner knowledge , but they may breed a virus within the system which may finally prove fatal in the ...
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... nation and to Parliament for army affairs he was not to be bound to accept the advice of his colleagues . All the members of the Council had their functions clearly prescribed by the Committee . Special stress was laid on this definite ...
... nation and to Parliament for army affairs he was not to be bound to accept the advice of his colleagues . All the members of the Council had their functions clearly prescribed by the Committee . Special stress was laid on this definite ...
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... nation a breathing space in which to recover from the orgy of legislative excess which had marked the Lloyd George era , from its hectic beginning to its dishonoured end . For some months therefore the country enjoyed rest , and ...
... nation a breathing space in which to recover from the orgy of legislative excess which had marked the Lloyd George era , from its hectic beginning to its dishonoured end . For some months therefore the country enjoyed rest , and ...
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... nation was sick unto death of political charlatanry . Secondly , it realized that economic recovery was impossible so long as every day brought its new burden of unsound legislation . Thirdly , it gave the Conservatives a huge majority ...
... nation was sick unto death of political charlatanry . Secondly , it realized that economic recovery was impossible so long as every day brought its new burden of unsound legislation . Thirdly , it gave the Conservatives a huge majority ...
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Page 2 - THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 2 - Transubstantiation, (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 3 - And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee...
Page 31 - The common problem, yours, mine, every one's, Is — not to fancy what were fair in life Provided it could be, — but, finding first What may be, then find how to make it fair Up to our means: a very different thing!
Page 3 - And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service ; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord...
Page 95 - Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. It moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the scientific passion for pure knowledge, but also of the moral and social passion for doing good.
Page 2 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 95 - ... the literature they read, the things which give them pleasure, the words which come forth out of their mouths, the thoughts which make the furniture of their minds; would any amount of wealth be worth having with the condition that one was to become just like these people by having it?
Page 58 - I walk through the churchyard To lay this body down; I know moon-rise, I know star-rise; I walk in the moonlight, I walk in the starlight; I'll lie in the grave and stretch out my arms, I'll go to judgment in the evening of the day, And my soul and thy soul shall meet that day, When I lay this body down.
Page 81 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.