Memoirs, Including Letters, and Select Remains, of John Urquhart, Late of the University of St. Andrew's, Volume 1Crocker and Brewster, 1828 - 270 pages |
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... question which it becomes them to consider . Is the obli- gation to devote the entire day to the sacred exercises of Christianity , generally held , and suffi- ciently felt ? If we lay a foundation in all our congregations for the ...
... question which it becomes them to consider . Is the obli- gation to devote the entire day to the sacred exercises of Christianity , generally held , and suffi- ciently felt ? If we lay a foundation in all our congregations for the ...
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... question , how to dispose of his time for at least a year longer . After consulting with other friends and myself , his father determin- ed on sending him to the Perth Academy for one session . Here , under the instruction of Mr. Adam ...
... question , how to dispose of his time for at least a year longer . After consulting with other friends and myself , his father determin- ed on sending him to the Perth Academy for one session . Here , under the instruction of Mr. Adam ...
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... questions depends our eternal happiness . And in this important inquiry let us not deceive ourselves ; - ' A tree is known by its fruits . ' If our character does not correspond with the precepts of the gospel , whatever we may think ...
... questions depends our eternal happiness . And in this important inquiry let us not deceive ourselves ; - ' A tree is known by its fruits . ' If our character does not correspond with the precepts of the gospel , whatever we may think ...
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... question was suggested , Is it not possible to form a missionary society among the students ? By some the idea was reckoned chimerical , from the coldness and apathy well known to prevail among the members of the university . By others ...
... question was suggested , Is it not possible to form a missionary society among the students ? By some the idea was reckoned chimerical , from the coldness and apathy well known to prevail among the members of the university . By others ...
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... question . Some theologians are of opinion that a few of the leading truths of the Gospel , such as the atonement of Christ , and the other doctrines that are inseparably connected with it , should hold a most prominent place in their ...
... question . Some theologians are of opinion that a few of the leading truths of the Gospel , such as the atonement of Christ , and the other doctrines that are inseparably connected with it , should hold a most prominent place in their ...
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Page 69 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 103 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee ; His visage was so marred more than any man, And his form more than the sons of men...
Page 22 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 163 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Page 153 - I judge it as certain and clear a truth as can any where be delivered, that "the invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.
Page 134 - EVERY man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.
Page 108 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Page 102 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 67 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 103 - Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire : and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.