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... thoughts about God . The idea of God is the generative and regulative idea in every great religious system and every great religious move- ment . It is a true feeling which has led to the inclusion of all religious doctrines whatever in ...
... thoughts about God . The idea of God is the generative and regulative idea in every great religious system and every great religious move- ment . It is a true feeling which has led to the inclusion of all religious doctrines whatever in ...
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... thoughts , his richest and purest enjoyments , and his most heroic deeds . They further maintain , that without it nations would be unprogressive , selfish , diseased , corrupt , un- worthy of life , incapable of long life . They argue ...
... thoughts , his richest and purest enjoyments , and his most heroic deeds . They further maintain , that without it nations would be unprogressive , selfish , diseased , corrupt , un- worthy of life , incapable of long life . They argue ...
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... thought of an intelligence in which that order has its source ? Or , is this not to represent every science as leading us into a darkness far greater than any from which it has delivered us ? Granting that no religious theory of the ...
... thought of an intelligence in which that order has its source ? Or , is this not to represent every science as leading us into a darkness far greater than any from which it has delivered us ? Granting that no religious theory of the ...
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... thoughts of Him who , if He exist , is the Father and Judge of us all , who alone possesses the full truth , and who has made us that we might love one another.1 II . Theism is the doctrine that the universe owes its existence , and ...
... thoughts of Him who , if He exist , is the Father and Judge of us all , who alone possesses the full truth , and who has made us that we might love one another.1 II . Theism is the doctrine that the universe owes its existence , and ...
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... born on a desert island , and who had grown up without any acquaintance with other beings , would naturally , and without assist- ance , rise to the apprehension of this great thought Historical Development of Theism . 19.
... born on a desert island , and who had grown up without any acquaintance with other beings , would naturally , and without assist- ance , rise to the apprehension of this great thought Historical Development of Theism . 19.
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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.