Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846--1864-1865, Volume 12James Nisbet & Company, 1857 - Christianity |
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... Lord's - day , preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook . The perusal of it has not weakened in the least degree my conviction that we have distinct autho- rity in God's word , and especially in the Fourth Command- ment , for the entire ...
... Lord's - day , preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook . The perusal of it has not weakened in the least degree my conviction that we have distinct autho- rity in God's word , and especially in the Fourth Command- ment , for the entire ...
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... Lord Bacon has beautifully said , and it is a favourite thought of his , re- peated in various parts of his works : " It is an assured truth and a conclusion of experience , that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may ...
... Lord Bacon has beautifully said , and it is a favourite thought of his , re- peated in various parts of his works : " It is an assured truth and a conclusion of experience , that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may ...
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... Lord ; for His name is excellent , and His praise above heaven and earth " ? Still , the deeper and more thoughtful minds , on contem- plating this heavenly harmony , are yet the more struck with the harsh , jarring discord of sin ; its ...
... Lord ; for His name is excellent , and His praise above heaven and earth " ? Still , the deeper and more thoughtful minds , on contem- plating this heavenly harmony , are yet the more struck with the harsh , jarring discord of sin ; its ...
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... Lord's ques- tion , whether at His coming He shall find faith on the earth , and to the parable of the tares and wheat , and to inquire how far the system of the " good time coming " will bear the test of God's word . It is not true ...
... Lord's ques- tion , whether at His coming He shall find faith on the earth , and to the parable of the tares and wheat , and to inquire how far the system of the " good time coming " will bear the test of God's word . It is not true ...
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... Lord thy God is one Lord . " True liberality consists in allowing every man to hold and to assert his own opinion , so that it be done without offensive violence , which is a civil injury to his neighbour . But what liberality was there ...
... Lord thy God is one Lord . " True liberality consists in allowing every man to hold and to assert his own opinion , so that it be done without offensive violence , which is a civil injury to his neighbour . But what liberality was there ...
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Page 492 - And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door : And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow That lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 159 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Page 286 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God...
Page 227 - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Page 169 - Open to me the gates of righteousness ; I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord.
Page 264 - For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Page 6 - ... if celestial spheres should forget their wonted motions, and by irregular volubility turn themselves any way, as it might happen; if the prince of the lights of heaven, which now, as a giant, doth run his unwearied course, should, as it were, through a languishing faintness, begin to stand and to rest himself...
Page 149 - And the scribe said unto Him, Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God ; and there is none other but He : and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 225 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 503 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.