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... original sin , and pushed his researches into those high speculations , where so much caution is neces- sary to prevent the mind from becoming enslaved to a system , and shut forever against the light XX MEMOIR OF MR . BUCKMINSTER .
... original sin , and pushed his researches into those high speculations , where so much caution is neces- sary to prevent the mind from becoming enslaved to a system , and shut forever against the light XX MEMOIR OF MR . BUCKMINSTER .
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... become the minister of this society , and was ordained Janu- ary 30 , 1805 . The fatigue and agitation of spirits , which he experienced on this occasion , produced a severe fit of illness , which interrupted his labours till the ...
... become the minister of this society , and was ordained Janu- ary 30 , 1805 . The fatigue and agitation of spirits , which he experienced on this occasion , produced a severe fit of illness , which interrupted his labours till the ...
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... becoming the religion of the world . Jesus , low and humble as he was , gentle and patient as he was , comes as if he knew that he was to consum- mate the dispensations of the Most High , as if he saw the innumerable prejudices ...
... becoming the religion of the world . Jesus , low and humble as he was , gentle and patient as he was , comes as if he knew that he was to consum- mate the dispensations of the Most High , as if he saw the innumerable prejudices ...
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... , and imitate what you love , and study to know more and more of his character , you will see that he was in the Father , and the Father in him ; for the more like God , the perfec- tion of all excellence , you become , the more 40.
... , and imitate what you love , and study to know more and more of his character , you will see that he was in the Father , and the Father in him ; for the more like God , the perfec- tion of all excellence , you become , the more 40.
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Joseph Stevens Buckminster. tion of all excellence , you become , the more will you feel all that is godlike in his Son . Yet this wondrous image of excellence was muti lated by men , and Jesus died by the hands of those whom he would ...
Joseph Stevens Buckminster. tion of all excellence , you become , the more will you feel all that is godlike in his Son . Yet this wondrous image of excellence was muti lated by men , and Jesus died by the hands of those whom he would ...
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Page 165 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 411 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 264 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 239 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 121 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page xxxvi - And this I pray, that your love may ab'ound yet more and more in knowledge and 'in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 390 - How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd; 210 Labour and rest that equal periods keep; "Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep"; Desires composed, affections ever even; Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heaven.
Page 47 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 334 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 132 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.