The Western Messenger, Volume 8Western Unitarian Association, 1841 |
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... moral ; and the most powerful mo- tive appealed to our wills , in the unsullied rectitude of the Son of Man . Man is intellectual ; and in the benign disinter- estedness of Him , who was filled with the Father , our highest thought of moral ...
... moral ; and the most powerful mo- tive appealed to our wills , in the unsullied rectitude of the Son of Man . Man is intellectual ; and in the benign disinter- estedness of Him , who was filled with the Father , our highest thought of moral ...
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... moral struggle were understood , not related . Man is walking amid the grandest spiritual wonders , blind and deaf , recognising only by a pass- ing touch the sublime presence which forever guards him . By prayer , by watchfulness , by ...
... moral struggle were understood , not related . Man is walking amid the grandest spiritual wonders , blind and deaf , recognising only by a pass- ing touch the sublime presence which forever guards him . By prayer , by watchfulness , by ...
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... moral truths of Jesus . Then came heresies , schisms , coun- cils , mystifying in countless ways and degrees the few grand doctrines of the word of life . But the spirit of Jesus has been too mighty for these perverse influences to ...
... moral truths of Jesus . Then came heresies , schisms , coun- cils , mystifying in countless ways and degrees the few grand doctrines of the word of life . But the spirit of Jesus has been too mighty for these perverse influences to ...
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... moral germ originally implanted in man , he would never have risen to the rank of a spiritual being , unless God had ... morality ; —and in the fulness of time , when the progressive civilization of mankind had prepared them for the ...
... moral germ originally implanted in man , he would never have risen to the rank of a spiritual being , unless God had ... morality ; —and in the fulness of time , when the progressive civilization of mankind had prepared them for the ...
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... more and more spiritual ; and every victory we thus obtain over our animal inclinations , lessens their power over us , and increases our moral power , until we be- come spiritual beings , capable of spiritual happiness , and 20 On Sin .
... more and more spiritual ; and every victory we thus obtain over our animal inclinations , lessens their power over us , and increases our moral power , until we be- come spiritual beings , capable of spiritual happiness , and 20 On Sin .
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Page 506 - Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 20 - For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the spirit, the things of the spirit.
Page 58 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Page 58 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear; It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast, Like stars upon some gloomy grove, Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest After the sun's remove.
Page 19 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 20 - 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 155 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 505 - And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage...
Page 400 - Let your women keep silence in the churches : for it is not permitted unto them to speak ; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home ; for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Page 20 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man : but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.