The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 18-19W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 264
... better district of the two . Of the fifty - nine families surveyed in it , the rest being from home or out of the way , there are fifty - three seat - holders in a population of two hundred and sixty - one , or less than one in five ...
... better district of the two . Of the fifty - nine families surveyed in it , the rest being from home or out of the way , there are fifty - three seat - holders in a population of two hundred and sixty - one , or less than one in five ...
Page 387
... better chance of ob- taining a share of that kindness and liberality and openness of heart and of home which marked ... Better he had remained a pagan as he was , than come in among us upon an inducement so sordid . Better he had been an ...
... better chance of ob- taining a share of that kindness and liberality and openness of heart and of home which marked ... Better he had remained a pagan as he was , than come in among us upon an inducement so sordid . Better he had been an ...
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... better of , the process may be again set at liberty . Now , there is no influ- ence by which man is more effectually roused to exertion , than the excitement of new desires , which require exertion ere they can be appeased . Let him ...
... better of , the process may be again set at liberty . Now , there is no influ- ence by which man is more effectually roused to exertion , than the excitement of new desires , which require exertion ere they can be appeased . Let him ...
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Churches and Chapels or the Necessity and Proper Object | 81 |
The Cause of Church Extension and the Question shortly | 105 |
On the Evils which the Established Church in Edinburgh | 157 |
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