SermonsPhillips, Sampson, 1852 - 303 pages |
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... religions that have existed or now exist in the world , were originally and professedly estab- lished to aid and promote . Whatever may be the instrumental aids and means and these are in some form not to be dispensed with all , in ...
... religions that have existed or now exist in the world , were originally and professedly estab- lished to aid and promote . Whatever may be the instrumental aids and means and these are in some form not to be dispensed with all , in ...
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... religion , " is accomplished in you . " Now we know from all history , as far as history can make known the heart of man from the beginning to the end of the Bible history of our race , from the religious history of all sects and names ...
... religion , " is accomplished in you . " Now we know from all history , as far as history can make known the heart of man from the beginning to the end of the Bible history of our race , from the religious history of all sects and names ...
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... religions of paganism , when they have complied with the requisitions of the priests , who are the interpreters of the will of their respec- tive deities , feel themselves safe . The offering of the prescrib- ed sacrifices in the early ...
... religions of paganism , when they have complied with the requisitions of the priests , who are the interpreters of the will of their respec- tive deities , feel themselves safe . The offering of the prescrib- ed sacrifices in the early ...
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... religious , and commence a sober , righteous and good life , arc suddenly brought so to live ; and that all true ... religion , because it gives them peace , the satisfaction of knowing that they are right and safe , having conformed ...
... religious , and commence a sober , righteous and good life , arc suddenly brought so to live ; and that all true ... religion , because it gives them peace , the satisfaction of knowing that they are right and safe , having conformed ...
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... religion , if religion it might be called . True it is , they had the idea , a hope of immortality . This idea , this hope , might spring up from the strong craving of nature , after having once tasted existence , to have it renewed and ...
... religion , if religion it might be called . True it is , they had the idea , a hope of immortality . This idea , this hope , might spring up from the strong craving of nature , after having once tasted existence , to have it renewed and ...
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Page 121 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 190 - MYSTERIOUS night ! when our first parent knew Thee from report Divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view.
Page 117 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Page 32 - For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, And that which I was afraid of is come unto me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet ; Yet trouble came.
Page 80 - How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose 'faith, whose hopes are one ! 2.
Page 301 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air.
Page 32 - The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Page 190 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do we then shun Death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life?
Page 37 - Beyond all this we may find another reason why God hath scattered up and down several degrees of pleasure and pain, in all the things that environ and affect us, and blended them together, in almost all that our thoughts and senses have to do with ; that we, finding imperfection, dissatisfaction, and want of complete happiness, in all the enjoyments which the creatures can afford us, might be led to seek it in the enjoyment of Him " with whom there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand are pleasures...
Page 245 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...