The Bible and Men of Learning: In a Course of LecturesAnson D. F. Randolph, 1859 - 400 pages |
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Page 28
... . It has been justly observed , that there is scarce an avenue to the heart in all the varieties of hu- man character , but some one of the three had ex- actly the talent to reach it . Hume's mind was 28 FIRST LECTURE .
... . It has been justly observed , that there is scarce an avenue to the heart in all the varieties of hu- man character , but some one of the three had ex- actly the talent to reach it . Hume's mind was 28 FIRST LECTURE .
Page 29
... heart , and ambitious to be thought more knowing than other men , loved to wrap themselves up in the mists of barren and uncertain speculations . Rous- seau's mind resembled the crater of a burning vol- cano . Everything that came from ...
... heart , and ambitious to be thought more knowing than other men , loved to wrap themselves up in the mists of barren and uncertain speculations . Rous- seau's mind resembled the crater of a burning vol- cano . Everything that came from ...
Page 31
... heart with subduing efficacy ; and we see him at once " sitting at the feet of Jesus , clothed and in his right mind . " But they , we must fear , died as they had lived ; the demons which pos- sessed them , never exorcised to the last ...
... heart with subduing efficacy ; and we see him at once " sitting at the feet of Jesus , clothed and in his right mind . " But they , we must fear , died as they had lived ; the demons which pos- sessed them , never exorcised to the last ...
Page 57
... heart , who shrink from the imputation of ingratitude as a stain on their names and a poison to their own peace . Can you bring yourselves to treat lightly a book which your Creator commends to your faith by stamping on its every page ...
... heart , who shrink from the imputation of ingratitude as a stain on their names and a poison to their own peace . Can you bring yourselves to treat lightly a book which your Creator commends to your faith by stamping on its every page ...
Page 60
... heart , a bad heart is the great objection against this Holy Book ; " and most care- fully did he provide for having the recantation of his infidelity authenticated , as the honest and de- liberate act of a dying man . We have an ...
... heart , a bad heart is the great objection against this Holy Book ; " and most care- fully did he provide for having the recantation of his infidelity authenticated , as the honest and de- liberate act of a dying man . We have an ...
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