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Page xii
... principles of nature , would have a far better hope of success in making discoveries , than he who should sit down in the pride of human wisdom , to fathom the simplest of Christian doctrines . Religion , as to its truths , is the ...
... principles of nature , would have a far better hope of success in making discoveries , than he who should sit down in the pride of human wisdom , to fathom the simplest of Christian doctrines . Religion , as to its truths , is the ...
Page xiii
... principle by which it is made an inexhaustible source of light and warmth to the universe ? However the splendour of its disc were increased , we should only be able to receive so much of its light as the nature of our vision allows ...
... principle by which it is made an inexhaustible source of light and warmth to the universe ? However the splendour of its disc were increased , we should only be able to receive so much of its light as the nature of our vision allows ...
Page xiv
... principle thus given operated only to a small extent ; nor did it unfold to the mass of mankind any method by which the Al- mighty might be directly approached as a Father by his children . The ordinances of the Mosaic system pertained ...
... principle thus given operated only to a small extent ; nor did it unfold to the mass of mankind any method by which the Al- mighty might be directly approached as a Father by his children . The ordinances of the Mosaic system pertained ...
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... principle , then , that man requires great help from God himself , before he can know or approach him , was established from the beginning ; but it was not at first revealed with the full accompani- ments of spiritual gifts , and with ...
... principle , then , that man requires great help from God himself , before he can know or approach him , was established from the beginning ; but it was not at first revealed with the full accompani- ments of spiritual gifts , and with ...
Page xvi
... principle of life been given to that chaos but a brief space , when , lo ! from the everlasting recesses of heaven the Almighty poured forth the elements which hitherto heaven only had known . Let there be light , and there was light ...
... principle of life been given to that chaos but a brief space , when , lo ! from the everlasting recesses of heaven the Almighty poured forth the elements which hitherto heaven only had known . Let there be light , and there was light ...
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Page 112 - No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Page 39 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 304 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 14 - The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree ; him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Page 80 - Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Page 125 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 193 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 222 - A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep...
Page 274 - Let thy Fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them : Let thy HOLY SPIRIT ever be with them : and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life...
Page 246 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.