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... denied when it is maintained that religion cannot be a reasonable process , a healthy condition of mind , if constituted by either feeling or volition separate from knowledge . Some have represented it as consisting essentially in the ...
... denied when it is maintained that religion cannot be a reasonable process , a healthy condition of mind , if constituted by either feeling or volition separate from knowledge . Some have represented it as consisting essentially in the ...
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... denies His existence , and , in consequence , discards all religious motives , represses all religious senti- ments , and despises all religious practices , assuredly goes morally far astray . If there be a God — all- mighty , all ...
... denies His existence , and , in consequence , discards all religious motives , represses all religious senti- ments , and despises all religious practices , assuredly goes morally far astray . If there be a God — all- mighty , all ...
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... denied , indeed , by any one , that re- ligious belief influences moral practice . Both reason and history make doubt on this point impossible . The convictions of a man's heart as to the supreme object of his reverence , and as to the ...
... denied , indeed , by any one , that re- ligious belief influences moral practice . Both reason and history make doubt on this point impossible . The convictions of a man's heart as to the supreme object of his reverence , and as to the ...
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... denies that the One Infinite Being is a person is a free , holy , and loving intelligence . It denies even that we ourselves are truly persons . It represents our consciousness of freedom and sense of responsibility as illusions . God ...
... denies that the One Infinite Being is a person is a free , holy , and loving intelligence . It denies even that we ourselves are truly persons . It represents our consciousness of freedom and sense of responsibility as illusions . God ...
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... denied by those who do not understand what they mean - what the truth and the life are , what fatherhood signifies , and what is involved in coming to a Father . overcome . Bud ) Christian theism alone gives us a perfect rep ...
... denied by those who do not understand what they mean - what the truth and the life are , what fatherhood signifies , and what is involved in coming to a Father . overcome . Bud ) Christian theism alone gives us a perfect rep ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 414 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 312 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 227 - He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.