The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 18-19W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 62
... question , it will be understood , is not how small the population of a parish ought to be , but how large it ought not to be . In regard to the former question , it were hardly possible to avoid its being pronounced upon vaguely and ...
... question , it will be understood , is not how small the population of a parish ought to be , but how large it ought not to be . In regard to the former question , it were hardly possible to avoid its being pronounced upon vaguely and ...
Page 161
... question of such momentous import , as the likeliest means for the moral and religious well - being of a community , whether viewed as a question of state or city legis- lation , the power to determine is lodged with men who will not ...
... question of such momentous import , as the likeliest means for the moral and religious well - being of a community , whether viewed as a question of state or city legis- lation , the power to determine is lodged with men who will not ...
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... question , Shall we let down these establishments , that pro- prietors may live in greater splendour , or be more deliciously regaled than heretofore ? Now , the former is only a question for a moment ; and the benefit which it ...
... question , Shall we let down these establishments , that pro- prietors may live in greater splendour , or be more deliciously regaled than heretofore ? Now , the former is only a question for a moment ; and the benefit which it ...
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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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