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... providence of God which stimulate in various ways the human mind , give direction to its energies , lead the way to use- ful invention , and surprising and important discoveries . The incidental , yea , almost accidental manner in which ...
... providence of God which stimulate in various ways the human mind , give direction to its energies , lead the way to use- ful invention , and surprising and important discoveries . The incidental , yea , almost accidental manner in which ...
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... providence which divides to every man , and to every age severally , as it willeth : which levels the mountains of difficulty , maketh crooked things straight , and sheds light on things dark or unknown . We proceed to make application ...
... providence which divides to every man , and to every age severally , as it willeth : which levels the mountains of difficulty , maketh crooked things straight , and sheds light on things dark or unknown . We proceed to make application ...
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... providence which are shrouded in mysterious obscurity ; and though faith recognizes that even in these cases , " justice , and judgment are the habitation of God's throne , and that mercy , and truth go before his face " yet they are ...
... providence which are shrouded in mysterious obscurity ; and though faith recognizes that even in these cases , " justice , and judgment are the habitation of God's throne , and that mercy , and truth go before his face " yet they are ...
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... providence , and grace " Let there be light and there is light . " His purposes , before obscure , are fully explained , and the mysteries of his ways are made clear , and intelligible . Even where faith wavered , and constancy was ...
... providence , and grace " Let there be light and there is light . " His purposes , before obscure , are fully explained , and the mysteries of his ways are made clear , and intelligible . Even where faith wavered , and constancy was ...
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... providence accordant with the promises of his word , encourage the hope , and even give the assurance that it is now on its destined pro- gress to the perfect day . With increasing measure and effect the Bible and the spirit of God are ...
... providence accordant with the promises of his word , encourage the hope , and even give the assurance that it is now on its destined pro- gress to the perfect day . With increasing measure and effect the Bible and the spirit of God are ...
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Page 78 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 215 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 278 - And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey...
Page 136 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 139 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 177 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 274 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan...
Page 214 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 218 - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Page 364 - Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.