The Family treasury of Sunday reading, ed. by A. Cameron (W. Arnot). [Continued as] The Christian monthly and family treasuryrev Andrew Cameron 1870 |
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... worship of images , is not its essence ; that is a later and rather a graceful variation . The essence of heathenism is the worship founded on the fear of unknown powers . Luck and Unluck are the two great gods that , under names ...
... worship of images , is not its essence ; that is a later and rather a graceful variation . The essence of heathenism is the worship founded on the fear of unknown powers . Luck and Unluck are the two great gods that , under names ...
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... worship of Baal , and of Moloch , and of Ashtoreth , into which they continually fell , was nothing else than the worship of great unknown powers . They did not believe in the existence of these divinities ; but as soon as they began to ...
... worship of Baal , and of Moloch , and of Ashtoreth , into which they continually fell , was nothing else than the worship of great unknown powers . They did not believe in the existence of these divinities ; but as soon as they began to ...
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... worship . They worship beauty rather than " whatsoever things are true ; " and are more indulgent to falsehood and deception if it come dressed in fair colours and proportions , though half - conscious of its vanity . This is surely but ...
... worship . They worship beauty rather than " whatsoever things are true ; " and are more indulgent to falsehood and deception if it come dressed in fair colours and proportions , though half - conscious of its vanity . This is surely but ...
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... worship of Himself after the flesh , we find Him , after His resurrection , refusing all external worship from Mary Mag- " 6 dalene . " Touch Me not , " 527 AS TO THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CHRIST . 33.
... worship of Himself after the flesh , we find Him , after His resurrection , refusing all external worship from Mary Mag- " 6 dalene . " Touch Me not , " 527 AS TO THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CHRIST . 33.
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... worship of our Lord " after the flesh . " In the Jewish church and temple , no symbol of deity more definite was permitted than the She- kinah , which was a bright cloud , and that retired within the veil , which only the high - priest ...
... worship of our Lord " after the flesh . " In the Jewish church and temple , no symbol of deity more definite was permitted than the She- kinah , which was a bright cloud , and that retired within the veil , which only the high - priest ...
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Page 324 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 366 - And his disciples asked him, saying, " Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 271 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 358 - Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 188 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 320 - ... thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Page 214 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass, with reeds and rushes.
Page 388 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 237 - And after these things he went forth, and saw a Publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
Page 112 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...