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... divine spirit , the still small voice ; and that , though the outward forms of reli- gion may change , may wither and decay , yet , as long as man is what he is and what he has been , he will postulate again and again the Infinite as ...
... divine spirit , the still small voice ; and that , though the outward forms of reli- gion may change , may wither and decay , yet , as long as man is what he is and what he has been , he will postulate again and again the Infinite as ...
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... Divine Revelation , it was hoped to secure that infallible authority without which no religion was supposed to be possible . How was that movement stopped , and turned into a new channel ? Simply by the publication of the Veda , and by ...
... Divine Revelation , it was hoped to secure that infallible authority without which no religion was supposed to be possible . How was that movement stopped , and turned into a new channel ? Simply by the publication of the Veda , and by ...
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... Divine origin of the Vedas . At first Ram Mohun Roy met the arguments of his English friends by simply saying , " If you claim a Divine origin for your sacred books , so do we 42 NOTES .
... Divine origin of the Vedas . At first Ram Mohun Roy met the arguments of his English friends by simply saying , " If you claim a Divine origin for your sacred books , so do we 42 NOTES .
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... divine author . The Veda with him was chiefly in the Upanishads , and he had hardly any knowledge of the hymns of the Rig - Veda . I state this on the authority of a conversation that passed . between him and young Rosen , who was then ...
... divine author . The Veda with him was chiefly in the Upanishads , and he had hardly any knowledge of the hymns of the Rig - Veda . I state this on the authority of a conversation that passed . between him and young Rosen , who was then ...
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... divine origin of his own sacred writings in the abstract , but he displayed great casuistic cleverness in maintaining that every argument that had ever been adduced in support of a supernatural origin of the Bible could be used with ...
... divine origin of his own sacred writings in the abstract , but he displayed great casuistic cleverness in maintaining that every argument that had ever been adduced in support of a supernatural origin of the Bible could be used with ...
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Page 415 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 422 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us : For in him we live, and move and have our being ; as certain also of your own poets [have said, for we are also his offspring.
Page 414 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 33 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
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Page 408 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended ? who hath gathered the wind in his fists ? who hath bound the waters in a garment ? who hath established all the ends of the earth ? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell ? 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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