The Quarterly Christian SpectatorA. H. Maltby, 1836 |
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... materials were dispersed by a storm , attended by an earthquake ; and when he repeated the impious attempt , streams of fire , ( according even to Gibbon , who records and admits the account , ) rushed forth from the earth upon his ...
... materials were dispersed by a storm , attended by an earthquake ; and when he repeated the impious attempt , streams of fire , ( according even to Gibbon , who records and admits the account , ) rushed forth from the earth upon his ...
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... materials , and a stock of information , which can be secured in no other way . A single volume or two of biography composed after this manner , may embrace the history and progress of literature for half a century , and bring up to the ...
... materials , and a stock of information , which can be secured in no other way . A single volume or two of biography composed after this manner , may embrace the history and progress of literature for half a century , and bring up to the ...
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... materials ; for then , no largeness of view or inward force overleaps the narrow confines of error and remains unsub- jected , to temper or soften the natural and legitimate effects . In this point of view , or , as a witness for the ...
... materials ; for then , no largeness of view or inward force overleaps the narrow confines of error and remains unsub- jected , to temper or soften the natural and legitimate effects . In this point of view , or , as a witness for the ...
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... material world , but lacked a foothold ? Give now this moral Archimedes his ww , and he would at once elevate the moral world to heavenly purity and happiness . We are unwilling to risk our salvation upon any mere hy- pothesis whatever ...
... material world , but lacked a foothold ? Give now this moral Archimedes his ww , and he would at once elevate the moral world to heavenly purity and happiness . We are unwilling to risk our salvation upon any mere hy- pothesis whatever ...
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... material world ? From the known nature of moral influence it would be wholly inapplica- ble to a physical effect . But it is no more so than is physical force to a moral result . The whole difficulty lies in the confused idea of ...
... material world ? From the known nature of moral influence it would be wholly inapplica- ble to a physical effect . But it is no more so than is physical force to a moral result . The whole difficulty lies in the confused idea of ...
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Page 228 - Repent, and be baptized every one of you for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Page 231 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Page 303 - But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Page 147 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy : for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 237 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 415 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of man, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation (John v.
Page 149 - Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen. Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 506 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Page 230 - And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Page 250 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.