The Philosophy of Religion: Or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the UniverseKey & Biddle, 1833 - 391 pages |
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... tribes which traverse the re- gions of earth , air , and sea . We have the strongest reason to believe , that the distant regions of the material world are also replenished with intellectual beings , of various orders , in which there ...
... tribes which traverse the re- gions of earth , air , and sea . We have the strongest reason to believe , that the distant regions of the material world are also replenished with intellectual beings , of various orders , in which there ...
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... tribes of mankind in every clime , through which he passed , such an object could not fail of exciting in our minds a senti- ment of admiration and reverence . Were one of the highest orders of created intelligences to descend from his ...
... tribes of mankind in every clime , through which he passed , such an object could not fail of exciting in our minds a senti- ment of admiration and reverence . Were one of the highest orders of created intelligences to descend from his ...
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... tribes of animated existence took possession of the air , the waters , and the earth , and man was formed in the image of his Maker , to complete this wondrous scene . At this period , too , the earth received such a powerful impulse ...
... tribes of animated existence took possession of the air , the waters , and the earth , and man was formed in the image of his Maker , to complete this wondrous scene . At this period , too , the earth received such a powerful impulse ...
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... tribes would be gradually extinguished . The same benevolent intention may be perceived in that ex- ertion of power ... tribe or other of the human family ; for while it is summer in one region , it is winter in another ; and while one ...
... tribes would be gradually extinguished . The same benevolent intention may be perceived in that ex- ertion of power ... tribe or other of the human family ; for while it is summer in one region , it is winter in another ; and while one ...
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... tribes . He has spread under our feet a carpet of lovely green , richer than all the produc tions of the Persian loom , and has thrown around our habita- tion an azure canopy , which directs our view to the distant re- gions of infinite ...
... tribes . He has spread under our feet a carpet of lovely green , richer than all the produc tions of the Persian loom , and has thrown around our habita- tion an azure canopy , which directs our view to the distant re- gions of infinite ...
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Page 252 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 61 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 244 - But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 47 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 140 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 341 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 53 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 47 - I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Page 197 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 144 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.