The United Presbyterian MagazineWilliam Oliphant and Sons, 1864 |
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... nations which people its surface , till all have been brought within sweep of distinct vision , and under clear mental survey , what a spectacle of debase- ment , wickedness , and woe is spread out before him ! Of the dwellers on this ...
... nations which people its surface , till all have been brought within sweep of distinct vision , and under clear mental survey , what a spectacle of debase- ment , wickedness , and woe is spread out before him ! Of the dwellers on this ...
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... nations the most remote . Still all was unavailing to dissipate the spectral gloom with which his soul was incessantly haunted . Driven to despair , he courted that very death which others shun . He contrived to get himself accused of ...
... nations the most remote . Still all was unavailing to dissipate the spectral gloom with which his soul was incessantly haunted . Driven to despair , he courted that very death which others shun . He contrived to get himself accused of ...
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... nations using them . But however that may be , the universal practice of asking after or wishing the health of one another , shows how important all men feel it to be . It is important . You can enjoy nothing , and can do nothing well ...
... nations using them . But however that may be , the universal practice of asking after or wishing the health of one another , shows how important all men feel it to be . It is important . You can enjoy nothing , and can do nothing well ...
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... nation of Mr John Sclater as a mission- ary to Caffraria , and was constituted by Dr Paterson , moderator pro tem . minutes of last meeting were read and approved . Dr Somerville , the Foreign Secretary of the Church , was now pre- sent ...
... nation of Mr John Sclater as a mission- ary to Caffraria , and was constituted by Dr Paterson , moderator pro tem . minutes of last meeting were read and approved . Dr Somerville , the Foreign Secretary of the Church , was now pre- sent ...
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... nation may be materially affected by the course adopted by so large a proportion of the community . Surely professors of religion cannot need to be reminded that they have a momentous duty to discharge , and that serious and solemn ...
... nation may be materially affected by the course adopted by so large a proportion of the community . Surely professors of religion cannot need to be reminded that they have a momentous duty to discharge , and that serious and solemn ...
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Page 342 - I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh...
Page 58 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 59 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 169 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven: yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 549 - Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Page 485 - The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Page 324 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 194 - And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the Altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
Page 160 - In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have e.aten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Page 6 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.