Letters to Indian Youth on the Evidences of the Christian Religion: With a Brief Examination of the Evidences of Hinduism, Pársíism, and Muhammadanism |
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... moral and spiritual one- On many questions Christianity is exceedingly reserved - Is con- sistent with science - Is fitted to be universal - Possesses evidences fitted to all minds - Religions of ancient Greece and Rome , Egypt , & c ...
... moral and spiritual one- On many questions Christianity is exceedingly reserved - Is con- sistent with science - Is fitted to be universal - Possesses evidences fitted to all minds - Religions of ancient Greece and Rome , Egypt , & c ...
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... moral charac- ter of Pársíism - Comparison with Hinduism - Contradictions . of the Parsi Scriptures - The Parsi Scriptures opposed to Natural Religion - Their views of God - of Sin - Many childish institutions in Pársíism - The Zend ...
... moral charac- ter of Pársíism - Comparison with Hinduism - Contradictions . of the Parsi Scriptures - The Parsi Scriptures opposed to Natural Religion - Their views of God - of Sin - Many childish institutions in Pársíism - The Zend ...
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... moral state of the mind - Sources of prejudice in this case - Religion always involves moral discipline - He who best obeys her command- ments , best appreciates her evidence - Indispensable necessity of CONTENTS . xi .
... moral state of the mind - Sources of prejudice in this case - Religion always involves moral discipline - He who best obeys her command- ments , best appreciates her evidence - Indispensable necessity of CONTENTS . xi .
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... moral qualities of things in no degree depend on climate or locality ; they are fixed and immutable , they are in India what they are in England . The attributes of the Supreme Being are eter- nally the same ; His will remains unchanged ...
... moral qualities of things in no degree depend on climate or locality ; they are fixed and immutable , they are in India what they are in England . The attributes of the Supreme Being are eter- nally the same ; His will remains unchanged ...
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... moral precept . In the vast majority of cases , the various read- ings consist merely of different ways of spelling words , just as we see the same English word spelled in one book honor , and in another honour . Lastly , it is very ...
... moral precept . In the vast majority of cases , the various read- ings consist merely of different ways of spelling words , just as we see the same English word spelled in one book honor , and in another honour . Lastly , it is very ...
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Page 77 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 55 - If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 77 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 54 - From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Page 162 - GOD having secretly predetermined not only the adverse and prosperous fortune of every person in this world, in the most minute particulars, but also his faith or infidelity, his obedience or disobedience, and consequently his everlasting happiness or misery after death ; which fate or predestination it is not possible, by any foresight or wisdom, to avoid.
Page 55 - Behold the hour cometh, yea is now come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Page 97 - But these are false, or little else but dreams, Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. The first and wisest of them all profess'd To know this only, that he nothing knew...
Page 55 - Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes ; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles : 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him ; and the third day he shall rise again.
Page 46 - ... were communicated to them separately, yet with no different effect; if it was at last executed ; if I myself saw them, one after another, consenting to be racked, burnt, or strangled, rather than give up the truth of their account;— still, if Mr Hume's rule be my guide, I am not to believe them. Now I undertake to say that there exists not a sceptic in the world, who would not believe them, or who would defend such incredulity.
Page 55 - They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.