The Genius of Christianity, Or, The Spirit and Beauty of the Christian ReligionJ. Murphy, 1856 - 763 pages |
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... hand , the waver- ing in faith , and even they who had been perverted by the sophistry of the times , were drawn to a profitable investigation of religion , by the new and irresistible charms that had been thrown around it . It cannot ...
... hand , the waver- ing in faith , and even they who had been perverted by the sophistry of the times , were drawn to a profitable investigation of religion , by the new and irresistible charms that had been thrown around it . It cannot ...
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... flame of fire , and out of his mouth went a sharp two - edged sword . In his right hand he held seven stars , and in his left a book sealed with seven seals his voice was as the sound of many waters 58 GENIUS OF CHRISTIANITY .
... flame of fire , and out of his mouth went a sharp two - edged sword . In his right hand he held seven stars , and in his left a book sealed with seven seals his voice was as the sound of many waters 58 GENIUS OF CHRISTIANITY .
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... hand , you begin to reason , they then want nothing but sentiments and images . It is difficult to close with such versatile enemies , who are never to be found at the post where they challenge you to fight them . We shall hazard a few ...
... hand , you begin to reason , they then want nothing but sentiments and images . It is difficult to close with such versatile enemies , who are never to be found at the post where they challenge you to fight them . We shall hazard a few ...
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... hand they reared scaffolds ; with the other , on the fronts of our temples they inscribed Eternity to God and Death to man ; and those temples , where once was found that God who is acknowledged by the whole universe , and where ...
... hand they reared scaffolds ; with the other , on the fronts of our temples they inscribed Eternity to God and Death to man ; and those temples , where once was found that God who is acknowledged by the whole universe , and where ...
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... hand he is united to his Father by his spirituality , and on the other , to our flesh by his humanity . He is therefore the required medium of approxi- mation between the guilty child and the compassionate Father . Represented by the ...
... hand he is united to his Father by his spirituality , and on the other , to our flesh by his humanity . He is therefore the required medium of approxi- mation between the guilty child and the compassionate Father . Represented by the ...
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Page 331 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 321 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 238 - Return, fair Eve ; Whom fly'st thou ? whom thou fly'st, of him thou art, His flesh, his bone ; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life, to have thee by my side Henceforth an individual solace dear ; Part of my soul, I seek thee, and thee claim, My other half...
Page 395 - But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness...
Page 217 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 350 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...
Page 239 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompany'd ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was...
Page 321 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor— one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Page 350 - There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Page 282 - Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought ; I mourn the lover, not lament the fault ; I view my crime, but kindle at the view...