Discourses on Various SubjectsCharles Fox, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... deep foun- tains of human nature . Or , he has been out into the paths of business , and seen men girt up for competi- tion , and acting in that artificial state of things which trade produces ; and he imagines that he has witnessed the ...
... deep foun- tains of human nature . Or , he has been out into the paths of business , and seen men girt up for competi- tion , and acting in that artificial state of things which trade produces ; and he imagines that he has witnessed the ...
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... deep enough into the frightful mass of human depravity . For it requires an acute perception , that is rarely pos- sessed , and a higher and holier conscience , perhaps , than belongs to any , to discover , and to declare how bad , and ...
... deep enough into the frightful mass of human depravity . For it requires an acute perception , that is rarely pos- sessed , and a higher and holier conscience , perhaps , than belongs to any , to discover , and to declare how bad , and ...
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... deep . It is no ordinary being , surely - it is a being of conscience , of moral powers and glorious capacities , that calls from us such intense reproach and indignation . We never so arraign the animal creation . The very power of ...
... deep . It is no ordinary being , surely - it is a being of conscience , of moral powers and glorious capacities , that calls from us such intense reproach and indignation . We never so arraign the animal creation . The very power of ...
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... deep penalties for his transgressions . And these sufferings proclaim a higher nature . The pain , the disappointment , the dissatisfaction , that wait on an evil course , show that the human soul was not made to be the instrument of ...
... deep penalties for his transgressions . And these sufferings proclaim a higher nature . The pain , the disappointment , the dissatisfaction , that wait on an evil course , show that the human soul was not made to be the instrument of ...
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... deep moral feeling , what are they not capable of when armed with lofty purposes and engaged in high duties ? If the instrument yields such noble strains , though incoherent and intermitted , to the slightest touch , what might not be ...
... deep moral feeling , what are they not capable of when armed with lofty purposes and engaged in high duties ? If the instrument yields such noble strains , though incoherent and intermitted , to the slightest touch , what might not be ...
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admiration affections amidst appeal 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 glorious glory God's gospel habit happiness hear heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indulgence infinite interests irreligion Jesus language light ligion 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 things thou thou art mind thought timate tion toil true truth virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong
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Página 238 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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 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 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 156 - 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 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 64 - It is profitable for the life that now is, and for that which is to come.
Página 90 - Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto eternal life.
Página 254 - The bell strikes one. 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?
Página 256 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...