The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1861 |
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... period were from ten to twenty years old might retain a vivid impression of scenes such as man had never passed through before . They had walked , or been led by a parent's hand , through the Red Sea as by dry land , and their eyes had ...
... period were from ten to twenty years old might retain a vivid impression of scenes such as man had never passed through before . They had walked , or been led by a parent's hand , through the Red Sea as by dry land , and their eyes had ...
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... periods when our thoughts of Him are un- real and fitful ; and in many cases there is seldom , if ever , that clear ... period of life ; it meets us everywhere . As we look back upon the sins of our youth , this rises up as one of the ...
... periods when our thoughts of Him are un- real and fitful ; and in many cases there is seldom , if ever , that clear ... period of life ; it meets us everywhere . As we look back upon the sins of our youth , this rises up as one of the ...
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... period , circumstances are altered ; but the difficulty is not removed ; and forgetfulness of God is the characteristic of early and of riper manhood . Nor , if we follow on our search into advanced life , do we find it otherwise . Grey ...
... period , circumstances are altered ; but the difficulty is not removed ; and forgetfulness of God is the characteristic of early and of riper manhood . Nor , if we follow on our search into advanced life , do we find it otherwise . Grey ...
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... period ; and it may be described as a volcanic island of an oval shape , being about twenty - two miles long by twelve wide : - " Its general surface is elevated from twenty to thirty feet above the surrounding plain ; . . . and its ...
... period ; and it may be described as a volcanic island of an oval shape , being about twenty - two miles long by twelve wide : - " Its general surface is elevated from twenty to thirty feet above the surrounding plain ; . . . and its ...
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... period when architecture was in its infancy , when manual labour was of little comparative value , and when strength and security were the great requisites . " And Mr. Graham , who visited the country shortly after an extensive tour in ...
... period when architecture was in its infancy , when manual labour was of little comparative value , and when strength and security were the great requisites . " And Mr. Graham , who visited the country shortly after an extensive tour in ...
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Page 449 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 469 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 294 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 468 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 281 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 166 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.