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important , but for the illustration of which he is excellently furnished by local knowledge , ample materials , skill in the requisite languages , and indefatigable industry . With all these advantages on his side , we must ...
important , but for the illustration of which he is excellently furnished by local knowledge , ample materials , skill in the requisite languages , and indefatigable industry . With all these advantages on his side , we must ...
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... knowledge was which this lad possessed of military manœuvres , it enabled him to assume authority among these armed peasants , and he performed the double duties of drummer and commander with singular good fortune . For the enemy ...
... knowledge was which this lad possessed of military manœuvres , it enabled him to assume authority among these armed peasants , and he performed the double duties of drummer and commander with singular good fortune . For the enemy ...
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... knowledge that their cause was as righteous as any for which an injured and insulted people ever rose in arms ; the hope that , by the blessing of God on that cause , they might succeed ; the certain faith that if they fell , it was ...
... knowledge that their cause was as righteous as any for which an injured and insulted people ever rose in arms ; the hope that , by the blessing of God on that cause , they might succeed ; the certain faith that if they fell , it was ...
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... knowledge of the Scriptures , and to train and discipline the mind of the young inquirer , but , what may most effectually secure an im- plicit and bigoted adherence to a certain human standard and certain arbitrary modes of thinking ...
... knowledge of the Scriptures , and to train and discipline the mind of the young inquirer , but , what may most effectually secure an im- plicit and bigoted adherence to a certain human standard and certain arbitrary modes of thinking ...
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... knowledge and faith of God , is founded on the adaptation of the human mind to divine objects : that is to say , religion is founded on man's being capable of religion . In a few sentences after this profound remark , we are informed ...
... knowledge and faith of God , is founded on the adaptation of the human mind to divine objects : that is to say , religion is founded on man's being capable of religion . In a few sentences after this profound remark , we are informed ...
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Page 280 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me : refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Page 419 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 147 - Give unto the Lord. O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. "8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name: bring an offering, and come into His courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before Him, all the earth.
Page 198 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 84 - shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession ; " when " the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 148 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Page 513 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 282 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles : else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred : but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Page 182 - I saw th' expectant nations stand To catch the coming flame in turn— I saw, from ready hand to hand, The clear, but struggling glory burn. And, oh! their joy, as it came near, 'Twas in itself a joy to see — While Fancy whisper'd in my ear, " That torch they pass is Liberty...
Page 99 - Troy wandering from clime to clime observant strayed their manners noted and their states surveyed...