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... nature , or so efficient for the great objects of our common duty , that we need wish and aspire after nothing further in this respect ? Can we acquiesce in the present state of the Chris- tian community as satisfactory ? The much ...
... nature , or so efficient for the great objects of our common duty , that we need wish and aspire after nothing further in this respect ? Can we acquiesce in the present state of the Chris- tian community as satisfactory ? The much ...
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... the present system ; and the other to the system advocated in these letters . On the present system ; not only must the fact of our divisions be acknowledged , but the serious nature of the questions on New Model of Christian Missions . 15.
... the present system ; and the other to the system advocated in these letters . On the present system ; not only must the fact of our divisions be acknowledged , but the serious nature of the questions on New Model of Christian Missions . 15.
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acknowledged , but the serious nature of the questions on which we are at variance , must be confessed ; otherwise no sufficient reason can be given for the party measures we pursue : and it must be granted , moreover , that , although ...
acknowledged , but the serious nature of the questions on which we are at variance , must be confessed ; otherwise no sufficient reason can be given for the party measures we pursue : and it must be granted , moreover , that , although ...
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... nature . ' It is true , he regards the modern system of mission- ary exertion as fundamentally defective and inadequate to the conquest of the world ; but the faultiness has resulted in- ' evitably from the previous condition of the ...
... nature . ' It is true , he regards the modern system of mission- ary exertion as fundamentally defective and inadequate to the conquest of the world ; but the faultiness has resulted in- ' evitably from the previous condition of the ...
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... nature of that business is examined into , it is found to be as multifarious as it is im- portant , often requiring the application of no ordinary sagacity , and taxing the faculties of the human mind as heavily as the affairs of any ...
... nature of that business is examined into , it is found to be as multifarious as it is im- portant , often requiring the application of no ordinary sagacity , and taxing the faculties of the human mind as heavily as the affairs of any ...
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Page 340 - And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Page 498 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 499 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 498 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 519 - The merry Homes of England! Around their hearths by night, What gladsome looks of household love Meet in the ruddy light ! There woman's voice flows forth in song, Or childhood's tale is told, Or lips move tunefully along Some glorious page of old. The blessed Homes of England ! How softly on their bowers Is laid the holy quietness That breathes from Sabbath hours!
Page 340 - Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border : let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country : we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king's highway, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
Page 99 - I have resolved to set down the form and character of a true pastor, that I may have a mark to aim at which also I will set as high as I can, since he shoots higher that threatens the moon, than he that aims at a tree.
Page 162 - I am sorry to leave this country in the " condition it is in; for all the good that we have done " has been a little blood-letting, which has only weak" ened the madness but not at all cured it; and I tremble " for fear that this vile spot may still be the ruin of this
Page 183 - The ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY of the SECOND and THIRD CENTURIES, illustrated from the writings of Tertullian.
Page 339 - And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.