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... object . This is not to say that it is exclu- sively knowledge , or that knowledge is its one essential element . It is not to say that feeling and will are not as important constituents in the reli- gious life as intellectual ...
... object . This is not to say that it is exclu- sively knowledge , or that knowledge is its one essential element . It is not to say that feeling and will are not as important constituents in the reli- gious life as intellectual ...
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... object of its knowledge and affection - so long as the will is unmoved , the character and conduct unmodified . The importance of feeling and will in religion is thus in no respect questioned or denied when it is maintained that ...
... object of its knowledge and affection - so long as the will is unmoved , the character and conduct unmodified . The importance of feeling and will in religion is thus in no respect questioned or denied when it is maintained that ...
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... object worthy of them , and worthy of the self - sacrifice to which they prompt . Unless there be such an object , and unless it can be known , all the feeling and willing involved in religion must be delusive -must be of a kind which ...
... object worthy of them , and worthy of the self - sacrifice to which they prompt . Unless there be such an object , and unless it can be known , all the feeling and willing involved in religion must be delusive -must be of a kind which ...
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... The convictions of a man's heart as to the supreme object of his reverence , and as to the ways in which he ought to show his reverence thereof , necessarily affect for good or ill his entire mind and conduct IO Theism .
... The convictions of a man's heart as to the supreme object of his reverence , and as to the ways in which he ought to show his reverence thereof , necessarily affect for good or ill his entire mind and conduct IO Theism .
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... object of worship , and feelings and actions corresponding to that belief . It is always and everywhere a consciousness of relationship to a worshipped being . Is there any truth which can be affirmed to belong universally to this ...
... object of worship , and feelings and actions corresponding to that belief . It is always and everywhere a consciousness of relationship to a worshipped being . Is there any truth which can be affirmed to belong universally to this ...
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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.