Miscellaneous Discourses and ReviewsJ. S. and C. Adams, 1834 - 415 pages |
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... means and instruments . If our moral and religious institu- tions are not the essence of religion , they are indispensable to its preservation . If they are not the citadel , they are the strong and necessary outworks . If they are not ...
... means and instruments . If our moral and religious institu- tions are not the essence of religion , they are indispensable to its preservation . If they are not the citadel , they are the strong and necessary outworks . If they are not ...
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... mean time , immorality gains ground , and reformation becomes more difficult . It was this state of things which first suggested the ne- cessity of forming moral societies . It was believed , that the friends of our invaluable ...
... mean time , immorality gains ground , and reformation becomes more difficult . It was this state of things which first suggested the ne- cessity of forming moral societies . It was believed , that the friends of our invaluable ...
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... means , share in your bounty . They are al- ways with you , and may be relieved at any time ; but I am about to be taken away from you . I must die for your sins upon the cross , and the time draweth near . Whatever is done for me ...
... means , share in your bounty . They are al- ways with you , and may be relieved at any time ; but I am about to be taken away from you . I must die for your sins upon the cross , and the time draweth near . Whatever is done for me ...
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... means which are employed to relieve it ? Does not the known liberality of a town , or a neigh- borhood , unhappily operate , in too many instances , as a premium upon idleness and profligacy ? Is it not a fact , that some of the most ...
... means which are employed to relieve it ? Does not the known liberality of a town , or a neigh- borhood , unhappily operate , in too many instances , as a premium upon idleness and profligacy ? Is it not a fact , that some of the most ...
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... means of self- support is now cut off . What they had , in better days , laid up of their hard earnings , they have been obliged to expend , and now they must look to the opening hand of charity , as their only earthly resource . Some ...
... means of self- support is now cut off . What they had , in better days , laid up of their hard earnings , they have been obliged to expend , and now they must look to the opening hand of charity , as their only earthly resource . Some ...
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Page 191 - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof...
Page 101 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us : Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Page 181 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Page 79 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 185 - And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against his army.
Page 180 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the river unto the ends of the earth.
Page 111 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the Great King.
Page 143 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 189 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 169 - His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns ; and He had a name written that no man knew but He Himself. And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood ; and His name is called the Word of God.