The Christian Disciple, Volume 4Cummings and Hillard, 1822 |
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... established on its mo- tives , and that our lives may be governed by its laws . Let it not be our condemnation , we beseech thee , O Father , to choose the darkness rather than the light , to prefer evil to good , false- hood to truth ...
... established on its mo- tives , and that our lives may be governed by its laws . Let it not be our condemnation , we beseech thee , O Father , to choose the darkness rather than the light , to prefer evil to good , false- hood to truth ...
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... established , how cheerily will man go through the labours of life - disappointment can never reach him if this hope does not fail , because his real object does not depend on his success in life , but only on his endeavours ; what ...
... established , how cheerily will man go through the labours of life - disappointment can never reach him if this hope does not fail , because his real object does not depend on his success in life , but only on his endeavours ; what ...
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... established principles of worldly wisdom and prudence to their affairs ? Does faith furnish no impulse to their conduct ? Do they make no calculation of chances and probabilities ? Are they un- affected by hopes or fears ; hopes of ...
... established principles of worldly wisdom and prudence to their affairs ? Does faith furnish no impulse to their conduct ? Do they make no calculation of chances and probabilities ? Are they un- affected by hopes or fears ; hopes of ...
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... established by the moral governor of the uni- verse ; whether he regards himself and mankind as accountable or not accountable for their conduct ; whether he believes that God has or has not had communications with his creatures ...
... established by the moral governor of the uni- verse ; whether he regards himself and mankind as accountable or not accountable for their conduct ; whether he believes that God has or has not had communications with his creatures ...
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... established in him , that no acci- dents , how sudden soever , were observed to discompose him : of which an eminent man of that profession gave me this in- stance . In the year 1666 , an opinion did run through the na- tion that the ...
... established in him , that no acci- dents , how sudden soever , were observed to discompose him : of which an eminent man of that profession gave me this in- stance . In the year 1666 , an opinion did run through the na- tion that the ...
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Page 317 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Page 334 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Page 98 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 279 - Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
Page 25 - Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Page 24 - Tis he whose law is reason, who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill...
Page 24 - Is placable, because occasions rise So often that demand such sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness...
Page 316 - For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me : him shall ye hear in all things, whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Page 317 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any of them, that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
Page 397 - The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you. and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.