The Monthly Journal of the American Unitarian Association, Volume 5The Association, 1864 - Unitarian churches |
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... ideas entertained by him [ Jefferson ] and most of the leading statesmen , at the formation of the old Constitution , were , that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle ...
... ideas entertained by him [ Jefferson ] and most of the leading statesmen , at the formation of the old Constitution , were , that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle ...
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... idea . The perspicuity and point with which these young public speak- ers , " being very unexpectedly called upon , " acquitted themselves , surprised me . I thanked God that night when I thought how their young hearts might have been 2 ...
... idea . The perspicuity and point with which these young public speak- ers , " being very unexpectedly called upon , " acquitted themselves , surprised me . I thanked God that night when I thought how their young hearts might have been 2 ...
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... idea of man differed from Orthodoxy so widely , that his impenitent sinner is better than its beatified saint . - The SECOND positive doctrine of Liberal Christianity which I shall mention is that of the persistent and immu- table love ...
... idea of man differed from Orthodoxy so widely , that his impenitent sinner is better than its beatified saint . - The SECOND positive doctrine of Liberal Christianity which I shall mention is that of the persistent and immu- table love ...
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... ideas , was difficult to be understood , and strangely separate in all his thoughts from his generation : the other was a man of his time , speaking words of plain common sense , and taking hold of all the questions of the hour . These ...
... ideas , was difficult to be understood , and strangely separate in all his thoughts from his generation : the other was a man of his time , speaking words of plain common sense , and taking hold of all the questions of the hour . These ...
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... idea of his life will stand fast , and will enter more and more into the creeds of Christendom : it will not interfere with any of the great cardinal truths of Orthodoxy , but will give them more power by taking from them their unna ...
... idea of his life will stand fast , and will enter more and more into the creeds of Christendom : it will not interfere with any of the great cardinal truths of Orthodoxy , but will give them more power by taking from them their unna ...
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Page 385 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 481 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 407 - A CHILD'S BOOK OF RELIGION. UNSEEN COMPANIONS. T TAND in hand with angels, •*• •*• Through the world we go ; Brighter eyes are on us Than we blind ones know. Tenderer voices cheer us Than we deaf will own ; Never, walking heavenward, Can we walk alone. Hand in hand with angels ; Some are out of sight, Leading us, unknowing, Into paths of light.
Page 156 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 327 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep...
Page 566 - Methinks I see, in my mind, a noble and puissant nation rousing herself, like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 474 - What! in the beauty of childhood and youth, in that open brow, that cheerful smile, do you see the brand of total corruption ? Is it a little fiend who sleeps so sweetly on his mother's breast ? Was it an infant demon which Jesus took in his arms and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven...
Page 399 - O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Page 85 - I am not insensible to literary reputation. I love, perhaps too well, the praise and good- will of my fellow-men ; but I set a higher value on my name as appended to the AntiSlavery Declaration of 1833 than on the title-page of any book.
Page 430 - From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion : I know no other religion ; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion ; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery.