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... Gospel ; and every one who is the friend of his race and of Christianity , should be willing to contribute his aid to illustrate its importance and defend it from error and abuse . In all great changes which affect social or political ...
... Gospel ; and every one who is the friend of his race and of Christianity , should be willing to contribute his aid to illustrate its importance and defend it from error and abuse . In all great changes which affect social or political ...
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... Gospel . But our distinguishing achieve- ment in religion is that in which as a people we yet stand alone . Nor is it to be traced simply to the wisdom of our divines , or of any one profession or class of our citizens . It is the ...
... Gospel . But our distinguishing achieve- ment in religion is that in which as a people we yet stand alone . Nor is it to be traced simply to the wisdom of our divines , or of any one profession or class of our citizens . It is the ...
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... which the ministry and ordinances of the Gospel are sustained . In no land throughout Protestant Christendom are the clergy , as a class , placed in circumstances of a more happy compe- tency than 40 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
... which the ministry and ordinances of the Gospel are sustained . In no land throughout Protestant Christendom are the clergy , as a class , placed in circumstances of a more happy compe- tency than 40 INTRODUCTORY LECTURE .
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... Gospel . Universal experience shows , that it is those whose hearts are trained to liberality by sustaining religion among them- selves , who lead the way in voluntary offerings for sending it to others . Not to cite farther proofs ...
... Gospel . Universal experience shows , that it is those whose hearts are trained to liberality by sustaining religion among them- selves , who lead the way in voluntary offerings for sending it to others . Not to cite farther proofs ...
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... Gospel . We now come to the direct proof of our proposi- tion . We may begin by an argument taken from The nature of the case . It has passed into a maxim in the science of public morals , that men do not so much make institutions , as ...
... Gospel . We now come to the direct proof of our proposi- tion . We may begin by an argument taken from The nature of the case . It has passed into a maxim in the science of public morals , that men do not so much make institutions , as ...
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