The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... opening chapters of this publication ( which made their first appearance in the Atlantic Monthly ) met from readers of various religious affiliations , the author has been encouraged to believe that his aim has not only been clearly ...
... opening chapters of this publication ( which made their first appearance in the Atlantic Monthly ) met from readers of various religious affiliations , the author has been encouraged to believe that his aim has not only been clearly ...
Page 45
... opening toward the Infinite . Pessimism cannot sing because it has no hope , and cannot pray because it has no faith . And I deem it essential at this point to ask , Whither is the spirit of the present age leading us [ 45 ] MYSTIC TONES.
... opening toward the Infinite . Pessimism cannot sing because it has no hope , and cannot pray because it has no faith . And I deem it essential at this point to ask , Whither is the spirit of the present age leading us [ 45 ] MYSTIC TONES.
Page 130
... opening about the size of an ordinary door is made in the center of the great gate , near to the ground . Now this smaller door through which a camel cannot pass is the eye of the needle mentioned in the Gospel . 1 Matt . XIX : 24 . I ...
... opening about the size of an ordinary door is made in the center of the great gate , near to the ground . Now this smaller door through which a camel cannot pass is the eye of the needle mentioned in the Gospel . 1 Matt . XIX : 24 . I ...
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... opening known to his people and compared the impossibility of a camel passing through the eye of a needle with that of a man weighted down with earthly things becoming one with God . The Master's rebuke of the scribes and phari- 1 Mark ...
... opening known to his people and compared the impossibility of a camel passing through the eye of a needle with that of a man weighted down with earthly things becoming one with God . The Master's rebuke of the scribes and phari- 1 Mark ...
Page 141
... opening passage of the twenty- ninth chapter of the Book of Job , where it is said : " And Job again took up his parable and said , Oh that I were as in the months of old , As in the days when God watched over me ; When his lamp shined ...
... opening passage of the twenty- ninth chapter of the Book of Job , where it is said : " And Job again took up his parable and said , Oh that I were as in the months of old , As in the days when God watched over me ; When his lamp shined ...
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