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... religion , at least against its profession and its professors . This is all wrong . It is founded on a wrong idea . What is it to " join the church " ? " Does he profess to be a good man ? " I once heard a person ask ; and many people ...
... religion , at least against its profession and its professors . This is all wrong . It is founded on a wrong idea . What is it to " join the church " ? " Does he profess to be a good man ? " I once heard a person ask ; and many people ...
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... religion , purity of heart and life and practical benevolence , are equally distributed between these two classes . It may not be that this will solve the problem , but nothing short of this will . Even should we be able to find no good ...
... religion , purity of heart and life and practical benevolence , are equally distributed between these two classes . It may not be that this will solve the problem , but nothing short of this will . Even should we be able to find no good ...
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... religion has done for him , as well as what it has left undone , you are not a competent judge . And may it not be suspected that the extreme alacrity with which you discover and ex- hibit his errors is not owing solely to your hatred ...
... religion has done for him , as well as what it has left undone , you are not a competent judge . And may it not be suspected that the extreme alacrity with which you discover and ex- hibit his errors is not owing solely to your hatred ...
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... of Chris- tianity in the soul , only indications . They are the incidents , not the essentials of religion . We know that there are conceivable circumstances in which a man can be an eminent Christian without going 1 * THE FITNESS OF ...
... of Chris- tianity in the soul , only indications . They are the incidents , not the essentials of religion . We know that there are conceivable circumstances in which a man can be an eminent Christian without going 1 * THE FITNESS OF ...
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... , he seemed to be endowed with nearly all the Christian virtues , while the sole per contra was , that he never talked to people about } personal religion , never conversed with them upon their own 10 THE FITNESS OF THINGS . PAGE I.
... , he seemed to be endowed with nearly all the Christian virtues , while the sole per contra was , that he never talked to people about } personal religion , never conversed with them upon their own 10 THE FITNESS OF THINGS . PAGE I.
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Page 195 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them. Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those tilings which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Page 380 - Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent ; thou shalt forgive him.
Page 379 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 403 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Page 244 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up : for God is able to make him stand.
Page 237 - The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day...
Page 224 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise ; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Page 244 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Page 405 - THE Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock ; in him will I trust: He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My saviour ; thou savest me from violence.
Page 374 - For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.