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... moral truths ? By presenting again and again the truths themselves to their minds . This the being brought to look steadily at a moral truth is the preparation needed for understanding it . But if God has honored you with that greatest ...
... moral truths ? By presenting again and again the truths themselves to their minds . This the being brought to look steadily at a moral truth is the preparation needed for understanding it . But if God has honored you with that greatest ...
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... moral truth . Goodness is the key that unlocks difficulties in morals . Hence it is our Saviour says , that he who does the will of God shall understand the doctrine . The greatest philosopher does not know one moral truth which he ...
... moral truth . Goodness is the key that unlocks difficulties in morals . Hence it is our Saviour says , that he who does the will of God shall understand the doctrine . The greatest philosopher does not know one moral truth which he ...
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... moral world , with- out which all that lives at all , wilts and grows pale and feeble and fruitless . To know truth , is not indeed , ne- cessarily , to be good ; but God has appointed that truth shall be the vital element in which ...
... moral world , with- out which all that lives at all , wilts and grows pale and feeble and fruitless . To know truth , is not indeed , ne- cessarily , to be good ; but God has appointed that truth shall be the vital element in which ...
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... moral sense . It is in this way lifted off from the mind . The bonds which should connect religion , vitally , with the in- tellect and moral nature are severed . Instead of being drawn to it by their affections and sense of duty , they ...
... moral sense . It is in this way lifted off from the mind . The bonds which should connect religion , vitally , with the in- tellect and moral nature are severed . Instead of being drawn to it by their affections and sense of duty , they ...
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... moral aids in re- sisting them as fearfully diminished . Will the New England parent picture his son in some Western town- with little knowledge of the world and its dangers- among strangers that heed little whether he stand or fall ...
... moral aids in re- sisting them as fearfully diminished . Will the New England parent picture his son in some Western town- with little knowledge of the world and its dangers- among strangers that heed little whether he stand or fall ...
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Page 26 - And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Page 9 - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
Page 27 - For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Page 5 - And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain , and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and mnch people of the city was with her.
Page 7 - Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 8 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 27 - For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself ; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, Because he is the Son of man.
Page 13 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation.
Page 16 - It is believed that the proviso in subsection l(i) is reasonable as far as it goes, but that it does not go far enough.
Page 27 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.