The Gospel Adapted to the Wants of the World: A Sermon, Preached in Providence, R.I., Sept. 9, 1840, Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Thirty-first Annual MeetingCrocker & Brewster, 1840 - 31 pages |
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... never marred this once lovely heritage of God . What is now called the state of nature - the wild and savage state , to which we may easily trace back the most refined and polished nations - would probably never have existed ; and the ...
... never marred this once lovely heritage of God . What is now called the state of nature - the wild and savage state , to which we may easily trace back the most refined and polished nations - would probably never have existed ; and the ...
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... never attempts , as most false relig- ions do , to remove the trivial and incidental evils of life ; to guard men against the disabilities which belong to their specific circumstances ; nor to ward off disease or death by charms or ...
... never attempts , as most false relig- ions do , to remove the trivial and incidental evils of life ; to guard men against the disabilities which belong to their specific circumstances ; nor to ward off disease or death by charms or ...
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... never designed for the world at large , and being adapted to a particular order of intellect , their influence , whether good or bad , would be restrict- ed to a small number of individuals wherever their doctrines might be embraced ...
... never designed for the world at large , and being adapted to a particular order of intellect , their influence , whether good or bad , would be restrict- ed to a small number of individuals wherever their doctrines might be embraced ...
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... never be- come universal , and would be of no use were it to become universal , for it would bring no relief to a ... never loses sight of one fixed purpose , and that is to tell men what truth is . And when this is done , its work is ...
... never be- come universal , and would be of no use were it to become universal , for it would bring no relief to a ... never loses sight of one fixed purpose , and that is to tell men what truth is . And when this is done , its work is ...
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... never cease to exist and act upon the world till all that God has greatly purposed and kindly promised shall be fully accomplished . Its truths may be tinged or obscur- ed by a false philosophy , or by human specula- tions , but this ...
... never cease to exist and act upon the world till all that God has greatly purposed and kindly promised shall be fully accomplished . Its truths may be tinged or obscur- ed by a false philosophy , or by human specula- tions , but this ...
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Page 4 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 12 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 8 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 4 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 5 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 7 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 20 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 8 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 31 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 22 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?