The Christian Examiner and General ReviewFrancis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware J. Munroe, 1839 - Liberalism (Religion) |
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... ment , than to kindle real devotion . I find , that the miracles are seldom or never brought forward in the Bible , as mere miracles , that is , as objects of astonishment , and that we are almost al- ways directed to a higher spiritual ...
... ment , than to kindle real devotion . I find , that the miracles are seldom or never brought forward in the Bible , as mere miracles , that is , as objects of astonishment , and that we are almost al- ways directed to a higher spiritual ...
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... ment of man , especially in regard to a future Messiah . In like spirit he then traces the progress of Truth , as fully revealed by the Savior , and repeated by the apostles , and as it has been variously imaged forth from the minds of ...
... ment of man , especially in regard to a future Messiah . In like spirit he then traces the progress of Truth , as fully revealed by the Savior , and repeated by the apostles , and as it has been variously imaged forth from the minds of ...
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... ment to which the idea of sacrifice brings no detriment ; since in the Sin Offerings of the Old Testament , the idea of self- denial was represented , in that the victims died in the stead of the sinner , and typified his guilt . But in ...
... ment to which the idea of sacrifice brings no detriment ; since in the Sin Offerings of the Old Testament , the idea of self- denial was represented , in that the victims died in the stead of the sinner , and typified his guilt . But in ...
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... ment . We are as yet , then , in its infancy ; and except among the Germans , little philosophy or higher criticism can be ex- pected . In this connexion we cannot refrain from using Mr. Gardi- ner's book for illustrations , while we ...
... ment . We are as yet , then , in its infancy ; and except among the Germans , little philosophy or higher criticism can be ex- pected . In this connexion we cannot refrain from using Mr. Gardi- ner's book for illustrations , while we ...
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... ment at all , we wrong a noble Art . The true lover of music may not be passive . It is an art which always begets enthu- siasm , without which there can be nothing noble , in study or in action . The realm of the Beautiful tolerates no ...
... ment at all , we wrong a noble Art . The true lover of music may not be passive . It is an art which always begets enthu- siasm , without which there can be nothing noble , in study or in action . The realm of the Beautiful tolerates no ...
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Page 205 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 60 - ... his chair and bed. A little calendar of small sticks were laid at the head, notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there; he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down. — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Page 208 - AS I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine...
Page 237 - I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished and that is by legislative authority; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.
Page 190 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 244 - ... the character and condition of the people of color, by encouraging their intellectual, moral, and religious improvement, and by removing public prejudice, that thus they may, according to their intellectual and moral worth, share an equality with the whites, of civil and religious privileges; but this Society will never, in any way, countenance the oppressed in vindicating their rights by resorting to physical force.
Page 201 - Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
Page 271 - The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills : They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 237 - Is it not amazing, that at a time, when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in a country, above all others, fond of liberty, that in such an age, and...
Page 104 - I am now going to put on my condemning cap. Sinner, I must do it : I must pronounce sentence upon you...