Discourses on Various SubjectsD. Felt & Company, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... existence , is a dream . And so if any man thinks that it is owing to his spirituality and heavenly mindedness , that he pronounces the world so utterly corrupt , a mere mass of selfish- ness and deceit ; he may be admonished , that no ...
... existence , is a dream . And so if any man thinks that it is owing to his spirituality and heavenly mindedness , that he pronounces the world so utterly corrupt , a mere mass of selfish- ness and deceit ; he may be admonished , that no ...
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... existence . A great property is something fixed and tangible , sure and substantial . But a certain view of religion , a certain state of mind , is a thing of shadow - an abstraction vanishing into nothing . The worldly - wise man ...
... existence . A great property is something fixed and tangible , sure and substantial . But a certain view of religion , a certain state of mind , is a thing of shadow - an abstraction vanishing into nothing . The worldly - wise man ...
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... existence . God's glory , they conceive to be something so different from all other glory ; God's goodness , so different from all other goodliness and beauty , that they find no easy transition from one to the other . They mistake ...
... existence . God's glory , they conceive to be something so different from all other glory ; God's goodness , so different from all other goodliness and beauty , that they find no easy transition from one to the other . They mistake ...
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... existence . The boast of health is no shield against disease ; nor the frivolity of pleasure , against sadness and sorrow . Avarice must come to the hour of utter destitution : and pride to the hour of utter prostration . How powerful a ...
... existence . The boast of health is no shield against disease ; nor the frivolity of pleasure , against sadness and sorrow . Avarice must come to the hour of utter destitution : and pride to the hour of utter prostration . How powerful a ...
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... existence -a living man , I repeat , should be a religious man . I said not , a living animal ; but a man , -that takes not , and cannot take life as a beast does ; that sees and must see in it , something of deeper import ; —and yet of ...
... existence -a living man , I repeat , should be a religious man . I said not , a living animal ; but a man , -that takes not , and cannot take life as a beast does ; that sees and must see in it , something of deeper import ; —and yet of ...
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admiration affections amidst answer art thou awaken awful beauty believe blessed breath brethren cern character children of men Christian cold conscience creature dark death DISCOURSE divine divine grace doubt duty dwell earth earthly eternity evil faith fear feeling forms friends future gion glorious glory God's Gospel habit happiness heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indifference indulgence infinite interest irreligion language light live look meditation ment mercy mind misery moral moral universe ness never noble objects pass passions perhaps piety pity pleasure prayer principle racter rational reason religion religious sensibility repeat retribution scene selfish sense sensual sinful sinner sleep solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strong sublime suffer sure teaching thee thing thou THOU ART MINDFUL thought timate tion toil true truth turb virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong
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Página 227 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Página 290 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Página 281 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh.
Página 221 - But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Página 232 - If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin.
Página 238 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Página 294 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Página 187 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Página 92 - Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, &c.
Página 254 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? with the years beyond the flood.