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In matters of Religion , a subject of more importance than all other things combined , the advisers are legion , and as various and distinct in some non - essential particulars , as the lines of latitude and longitude .
In matters of Religion , a subject of more importance than all other things combined , the advisers are legion , and as various and distinct in some non - essential particulars , as the lines of latitude and longitude .
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discretion ; with other talents below mediocrity , will effect more in correcting error , reforming the vicious , and advancing pure and undefiled religion ; than the talents of an angel could accomplish without them .
discretion ; with other talents below mediocrity , will effect more in correcting error , reforming the vicious , and advancing pure and undefiled religion ; than the talents of an angel could accomplish without them .
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Above all other occupations , that of agriculture enables those who pursue it , to live in a fuller , freer , purer enjoyment of religion . It is less exposed to temptations , calculated to lead frail men from the paths of virtue .
Above all other occupations , that of agriculture enables those who pursue it , to live in a fuller , freer , purer enjoyment of religion . It is less exposed to temptations , calculated to lead frail men from the paths of virtue .
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As a system of Morals and Religion , every effort of man , to add to its transcendent beauty , or omnipotent strength , is presumption , and as vain , as an attempt to bind the wind , or imprison the BIBLE . 21 BIBLE, its superiority ...
As a system of Morals and Religion , every effort of man , to add to its transcendent beauty , or omnipotent strength , is presumption , and as vain , as an attempt to bind the wind , or imprison the BIBLE . 21 BIBLE, its superiority ...
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Such men have the same claim to benevolence , as the devil has to preach religion ; the donations of the former are as offensive to Heaven , as the sermons of the latter . They may both do good , but the ...
Such men have the same claim to benevolence , as the devil has to preach religion ; the donations of the former are as offensive to Heaven , as the sermons of the latter . They may both do good , but the ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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