The Christian Examiner, Volume 82Crosby, Nichols, & Company, 1867 - Liberalism (Religion) |
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... matter . Ecclesiastical continuity is not the perpetuation of an institution which acts mechani- cally , nor indeed of any institution at all , or any human device , but the recognition and visible representation of a fact . That fact ...
... matter . Ecclesiastical continuity is not the perpetuation of an institution which acts mechani- cally , nor indeed of any institution at all , or any human device , but the recognition and visible representation of a fact . That fact ...
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... matter of public superstitions . Thou desirest to worship the God of Nature , but art forced to worship the God of the State . " --- Already Lucretius had made atheism popular , — had com- mended it by the charm of his immortal verse ...
... matter of public superstitions . Thou desirest to worship the God of Nature , but art forced to worship the God of the State . " --- Already Lucretius had made atheism popular , — had com- mended it by the charm of his immortal verse ...
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... matter . It was , therefore , like a fragrant breath of the blossoming springtime , like a breeze redolent of farm- yards and freshly - ploughed furrows and long reaches of oaks and beaches that came up now from the Black Forest , and ...
... matter . It was , therefore , like a fragrant breath of the blossoming springtime , like a breeze redolent of farm- yards and freshly - ploughed furrows and long reaches of oaks and beaches that came up now from the Black Forest , and ...
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... matter how false its form may be , must have its core in some precious and substantial elements of truth . The human mind was never made , even in its lowest and grossest state , to be satisfied with error alone . A lie- which is a lie ...
... matter how false its form may be , must have its core in some precious and substantial elements of truth . The human mind was never made , even in its lowest and grossest state , to be satisfied with error alone . A lie- which is a lie ...
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... matters not how exalted and pure and immaterial we consider him to be , how far removed from men in the grandeur and holiness of his character , there is one part of his personality , the Holy Spirit , not a dim influence but God ...
... matters not how exalted and pure and immaterial we consider him to be , how far removed from men in the grandeur and holiness of his character , there is one part of his personality , the Holy Spirit , not a dim influence but God ...
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Page 6 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 152 - Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 145 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 394 - CRAIK (GEORGE LILLIE)— ENGLISH OF SHAKESPEARE. Illustrated in a Philological Commentary on his Julius Caesar.
Page 90 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 316 - It is so true that a woman may be in love with a woman, and a man with a man.
Page 127 - Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Page 145 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 101 - I am the way, the truth and the life. I am the resurrection and the life.
Page 90 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?