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Page 32
... growing moderation of the Russian mon- archy , the quiet improvement of the people , the eman- cipation of the serfs , ought to engage the attention and receive the sympathy of every Christian people . There is a great work begun in ...
... growing moderation of the Russian mon- archy , the quiet improvement of the people , the eman- cipation of the serfs , ought to engage the attention and receive the sympathy of every Christian people . There is a great work begun in ...
Page 33
... growing weaker , Christian nations are growing stronger . The nations of Heathenism are imbecile . The nations of Christianity are of vigorous stock , and have a future . Already Christian nations rule the world . Who may war , how long ...
... growing weaker , Christian nations are growing stronger . The nations of Heathenism are imbecile . The nations of Christianity are of vigorous stock , and have a future . Already Christian nations rule the world . Who may war , how long ...
Page 37
... grows less . But in our time men propose to throw overboard the compass , the charts , the chronometer , and sextant , but to keep the freight ! For the sake of a principle our fathers dared to defy the proudest nation on the globe ...
... grows less . But in our time men propose to throw overboard the compass , the charts , the chronometer , and sextant , but to keep the freight ! For the sake of a principle our fathers dared to defy the proudest nation on the globe ...
Page 38
... grown barbarism , and live in moral and intellectual elements , then excitement rouses up the higher na- ture . Among a savage people , excitement works downward and rages ; among a Christian and civil- ized people , it works upward and ...
... grown barbarism , and live in moral and intellectual elements , then excitement rouses up the higher na- ture . Among a savage people , excitement works downward and rages ; among a Christian and civil- ized people , it works upward and ...
Page 44
... growing earnestness to the end , fulfil every just duty , every honorable agreement , and every generous act , within the limits of truth and honor ; all that , and no more , no more , though the heavens fall , -no more , if States ...
... growing earnestness to the end , fulfil every just duty , every honorable agreement , and every generous act , within the limits of truth and honor ; all that , and no more , no more , though the heavens fall , -no more , if States ...
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Page 420 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying ; Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues; for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Page 57 - And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Page 223 - Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Page 445 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 87 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 368 - When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him : and he was as one dead ; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
Page 178 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 86 - Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Page 444 - Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Page 444 - ... the merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones and of pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...