The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1860 |
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... means of any book , or rather , by the series of books of which the Bible is composed . Instead of sending his apostles armed with Bibles , our Lord commissioned them to " preach the gospel to every creature . ' The idea of compiling a ...
... means of any book , or rather , by the series of books of which the Bible is composed . Instead of sending his apostles armed with Bibles , our Lord commissioned them to " preach the gospel to every creature . ' The idea of compiling a ...
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... means of the Protestant Rule of Faith , would he not have devised some means for carrying out his will ? Either he would have suggested himself ( I speak with all possible reve- rence ) , or have inspired some of his followers with the ...
... means of the Protestant Rule of Faith , would he not have devised some means for carrying out his will ? Either he would have suggested himself ( I speak with all possible reve- rence ) , or have inspired some of his followers with the ...
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... means of indulgence in their favourite narcotic be the end proposed , then the object , however impracticable , is sufficiently philanthropic to command the attention of many in this age and country . The agitators have , however ...
... means of indulgence in their favourite narcotic be the end proposed , then the object , however impracticable , is sufficiently philanthropic to command the attention of many in this age and country . The agitators have , however ...
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... means of happiness have been exchanged for each other , according to the relative value set upon them by each individual possessor . Hence we observe the normal condition of those emphatic technicalities - labour , wages , property ...
... means of happiness have been exchanged for each other , according to the relative value set upon them by each individual possessor . Hence we observe the normal condition of those emphatic technicalities - labour , wages , property ...
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... means of grace- reading the Scriptures , private and social , the preaching of the Word . The Catholic Church has its special missions ; the Protestant Church its days set apart ; and Dissenters have their special services for the ...
... means of grace- reading the Scriptures , private and social , the preaching of the Word . The Catholic Church has its special missions ; the Protestant Church its days set apart ; and Dissenters have their special services for the ...
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Page 82 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 220 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 191 - I account myself highly praised, and vow to take advantage of all idle hours, till I have honoured you with some graver labour.
Page 249 - All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.
Page 163 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Page 230 - ... as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
Page 276 - Yet hold me not for ever in thine East : How can my nature longer mix with thine ? Coldly thy rosy shadows bathe me, cold Are all thy lights, and cold my wrinkled feet Upon thy glimmering thresholds, when the steam Floats up from those dim fields about the homes Of happy men that have the power to die, And grassy barrows of the happier dead.
Page 23 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Page 27 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new ; That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...
Page 255 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...