The Christian Disciple and Theological Review, Volume 4Noah Worcester, Henry Ware Wells and Lilly, 1822 |
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... human character to which the Christian should aspire . This is very commonly said , but not so commonly attended to ; for we often see men of good moral characters , which they owe directly or indirectly to religion , neglecting or ...
... human character to which the Christian should aspire . This is very commonly said , but not so commonly attended to ; for we often see men of good moral characters , which they owe directly or indirectly to religion , neglecting or ...
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... human being can in- dulge . Much as we may love our fellow creatures , and labour from feeling and principle to do them good , we cannot but look on them always with pity and sometimes with contempt . I be- lieve even the frailest of us ...
... human being can in- dulge . Much as we may love our fellow creatures , and labour from feeling and principle to do them good , we cannot but look on them always with pity and sometimes with contempt . I be- lieve even the frailest of us ...
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... human rea- soning and philosophy fall powerless before the hopelessness of misery , but there is not and cannot be imagined one , in which habitual piety is not almost a perfect relief . Compared with the prosperity of life , there are ...
... human rea- soning and philosophy fall powerless before the hopelessness of misery , but there is not and cannot be imagined one , in which habitual piety is not almost a perfect relief . Compared with the prosperity of life , there are ...
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... human soul to be forever finding every thing as happy as it expected , and yet seeing a happier beyond . How vain is it then for an inhabitant of earth to look for content , with- out that hope , which probably will be a necessary part ...
... human soul to be forever finding every thing as happy as it expected , and yet seeing a happier beyond . How vain is it then for an inhabitant of earth to look for content , with- out that hope , which probably will be a necessary part ...
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... human nature , the best preparation for esti- mating the moral evidence of christianity ; that is , the evidence arising from the moral character of Jesus , and the moral ten- dency and design of his religion ; a species of proof ...
... human nature , the best preparation for esti- mating the moral evidence of christianity ; that is , the evidence arising from the moral character of Jesus , and the moral ten- dency and design of his religion ; a species of proof ...
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Page 317 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Page 318 - Him openly ; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him after He rose from the dead.
Page 98 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 269 - God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that it is neither forced, nor, by any absolute necessity of nature, determined to good or evil.
Page 23 - W'ho, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Page 97 - Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful Form! Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity!
Page 317 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any of them, that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.
Page 25 - Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Page 98 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Page 339 - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.