Miscellaneous Discourses and ReviewsJ. S. and C. Adams, 1834 - 415 pages |
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... mind , acting under the excitement of a love of truth and goodness . His views , although often very original , are never of that startling character which induces an immediate suspicion of their correctness , however much there may be ...
... mind , acting under the excitement of a love of truth and goodness . His views , although often very original , are never of that startling character which induces an immediate suspicion of their correctness , however much there may be ...
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... foreign from my purpose , to detain you a mo- ment with mere abstract speculations . I shall not amuse you with conjectures , about what might be done ; but re- mind you , for your encouragement , of what has UNION IS STRENGTH . 11.
... foreign from my purpose , to detain you a mo- ment with mere abstract speculations . I shall not amuse you with conjectures , about what might be done ; but re- mind you , for your encouragement , of what has UNION IS STRENGTH . 11.
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Heman Humphrey. mind you , for your encouragement , of what has been done . . " Look , then , in the first place , at a few obscure and despised fishermen of Galilee , aiming at nothing less than the establishment of a new religion ...
Heman Humphrey. mind you , for your encouragement , of what has been done . . " Look , then , in the first place , at a few obscure and despised fishermen of Galilee , aiming at nothing less than the establishment of a new religion ...
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... mind . Their principles , views , and interests were the same . was by their patient and combined industry , that the huge forests were prostrated , and the " wilderness turned into a fruitful field . ' It was by their united , pious ...
... mind . Their principles , views , and interests were the same . was by their patient and combined industry , that the huge forests were prostrated , and the " wilderness turned into a fruitful field . ' It was by their united , pious ...
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... what your own eyes must have seen , ' and ' your ears heard , ' very little need be added to convince any candid mind , that a reformation is imperiously called for . 6 Who that mingles at all with society , who that 30 UNION IS STRENGTH .
... what your own eyes must have seen , ' and ' your ears heard , ' very little need be added to convince any candid mind , that a reformation is imperiously called for . 6 Who that mingles at all with society , who that 30 UNION IS STRENGTH .
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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.