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... God and in the retributions of the eternal state , faith in the Bible , and faith in
Jesus Christ , are never to be spoken of , except as they occur in certain decent
forms and observances , and never to be thought of , except perhaps at a funeral
.
... God and in the retributions of the eternal state , faith in the Bible , and faith in
Jesus Christ , are never to be spoken of , except as they occur in certain decent
forms and observances , and never to be thought of , except perhaps at a funeral
.
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First , American literature will never be formed by the mere imitation of English
models . Those who are ambitious to please and instruct their countrymen by
writings which their countrymen shall honor , will never succeed by trying to catch
the ...
First , American literature will never be formed by the mere imitation of English
models . Those who are ambitious to please and instruct their countrymen by
writings which their countrymen shall honor , will never succeed by trying to catch
the ...
Page 69
But his argumentation is never dry — it is never cold . His reasoning seems to
proceed as much from the heart as from the head . He so intermingles his
declamation with his argument , that it never appears to be declamation .
Through the ...
But his argumentation is never dry — it is never cold . His reasoning seems to
proceed as much from the heart as from the head . He so intermingles his
declamation with his argument , that it never appears to be declamation .
Through the ...
Page 76
Nay more — it is our belief , that the master - pieces of the art , are never
produced , when it is known that the efforts of the orator are to perish with the
occasion , or at most , to live only in the memories of those who hear them . In
other words ...
Nay more — it is our belief , that the master - pieces of the art , are never
produced , when it is known that the efforts of the orator are to perish with the
occasion , or at most , to live only in the memories of those who hear them . In
other words ...
Page 105
The reader who has never pursued at much length the study of sacred criticism ,
cannot well imagine how much light is cast by it on various parts of the New
Testament ; particularly on the Apocalypse , the general object and tenor of which
...
The reader who has never pursued at much length the study of sacred criticism ,
cannot well imagine how much light is cast by it on various parts of the New
Testament ; particularly on the Apocalypse , the general object and tenor of which
...
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Page 408 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 199 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 155 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry; Abba, Father.
Page 400 - How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed ? And how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard ? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent ? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them tiiat preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Page 268 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Page 165 - Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Page 223 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil...
Page 339 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 145 - If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Page 138 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...