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... limited by time or space ; truth involved in all actual existence , and containing the fulness of inexhaustible possibilities . It is , I shall conclude by adding , a kind of progress which underlies and determines all other progress ...
... limited by time or space ; truth involved in all actual existence , and containing the fulness of inexhaustible possibilities . It is , I shall conclude by adding , a kind of progress which underlies and determines all other progress ...
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... limited , but surely we ought not so to concentrate our attention on any such points or instants as to be unable to take in a general impression of the immeasurable power displayed throughout the realms of space and the ages of time ...
... limited , but surely we ought not so to concentrate our attention on any such points or instants as to be unable to take in a general impression of the immeasurable power displayed throughout the realms of space and the ages of time ...
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... limited , and that He acts in the manner to which man as a finite creature is restricted . A deist of this class thinks of God as outside of and away from the universe ; he thinks of the uni- verse as a mechanism which God has contrived ...
... limited , and that He acts in the manner to which man as a finite creature is restricted . A deist of this class thinks of God as outside of and away from the universe ; he thinks of the uni- verse as a mechanism which God has contrived ...
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... limited . The adjustments and harmonies of the universe , as we know it , indicate a depth and richness of wisdom in its Author which far pass our comprehension ; and the universe which we know is probably less in comparison with the ...
... limited . The adjustments and harmonies of the universe , as we know it , indicate a depth and richness of wisdom in its Author which far pass our comprehension ; and the universe which we know is probably less in comparison with the ...
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... limited power , how much more so is the careful and skilful choice of contrivances ? Can any wis- dom be shown in the selection of means when the means have no efficacy but what is given them by the will of him who employs them , and ...
... limited power , how much more so is the careful and skilful choice of contrivances ? Can any wis- dom be shown in the selection of means when the means have no efficacy but what is given them by the will of him who employs them , and ...
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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.