Man: a Story of Light and DarknessWilliam Macintosh, 1866 - 475 pages |
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... once admitted , He has made provision in all the earlier changes which earth has undergone , not only for the wants , but even for the enjoyments , of that immortal creature who was one day to be His worshipper . Feel- ings of the ...
... once admitted , He has made provision in all the earlier changes which earth has undergone , not only for the wants , but even for the enjoyments , of that immortal creature who was one day to be His worshipper . Feel- ings of the ...
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... once have been , having undergone great and improving changes ( some of which have been caused in part by the agency of fire ) , and favours the supposition of a future state of this earth as much superior to its present as its present ...
... once have been , having undergone great and improving changes ( some of which have been caused in part by the agency of fire ) , and favours the supposition of a future state of this earth as much superior to its present as its present ...
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... once exhibited , been wholly obliterated since ; for though de- graded and distorted in those lower types of humanity , whose countenances are more expressive , perhaps , of the brute than of the man , it lingers in those noble linea ...
... once exhibited , been wholly obliterated since ; for though de- graded and distorted in those lower types of humanity , whose countenances are more expressive , perhaps , of the brute than of the man , it lingers in those noble linea ...
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... once with this objection - that Satan is in the highest degree intellectual , and that no one sup- poses that Satan was made in the image of God . Now it is true that the happiest description ever given of the great enemy of souls is ...
... once with this objection - that Satan is in the highest degree intellectual , and that no one sup- poses that Satan was made in the image of God . Now it is true that the happiest description ever given of the great enemy of souls is ...
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... once admitted - that man was created in the image of Christ - that Christ is Creator , and that this Creator was in due time to be incarnate - give to this argument some force and con- sistency ; for they show that this intellectual ...
... once admitted - that man was created in the image of Christ - that Christ is Creator , and that this Creator was in due time to be incarnate - give to this argument some force and con- sistency ; for they show that this intellectual ...
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Page 474 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 247 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath ; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Page 457 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto - them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people ; saying with a loud voice ; Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters.
Page 204 - ABIDE with me ; fast falls the eventide ; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 330 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 269 - And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Page 26 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell ; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Page 318 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 312 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 396 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.