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... the beautiful , the wise and the good ; but we find immediate relief , we rise into joy , we tread among the stars , when aided by religion , we transport ourselves in thought to those blessed regions where all the faithful live ...
... the beautiful , the wise and the good ; but we find immediate relief , we rise into joy , we tread among the stars , when aided by religion , we transport ourselves in thought to those blessed regions where all the faithful live ...
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The Sadducees , on the other hand , the strong spirits of the age , disdaining the restraints imposed on man . kind by a written law , thought fit to become a law unto themselves . They left the austerities of a strict religion and ...
The Sadducees , on the other hand , the strong spirits of the age , disdaining the restraints imposed on man . kind by a written law , thought fit to become a law unto themselves . They left the austerities of a strict religion and ...
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My principal intention in leading your thoughts to this subject at this time , is the occasion which it afforded to the great Teacher who came from God , of discoursing on a theme nearly connected with the design of these Lectures ...
My principal intention in leading your thoughts to this subject at this time , is the occasion which it afforded to the great Teacher who came from God , of discoursing on a theme nearly connected with the design of these Lectures ...
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... consigned to the tomb , “ I am the God of Abraham , ” this exhibits a relation between God and the faithful , which perfectly reconciles the mind to the thoughts of dissolution . Indeed it is impossible to . conceive any thing more ...
... consigned to the tomb , “ I am the God of Abraham , ” this exhibits a relation between God and the faithful , which perfectly reconciles the mind to the thoughts of dissolution . Indeed it is impossible to . conceive any thing more ...
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He once felt the events which affected his family , with the emotion natural to a man ; he has since beheld them extending their influence to nations which he thought not of ; and he now looks forward in holy rapture , to that period ...
He once felt the events which affected his family , with the emotion natural to a man ; he has since beheld them extending their influence to nations which he thought not of ; and he now looks forward in holy rapture , to that period ...
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