The American Christian Expositor: Designed to Promote the Influence of Sound Principles and Social Order, Volume 1H.C. Sleight, 1831 |
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... death . There is no element more pliable than popular opinion . None more un- yielding to human machination than a good conscience ; there- fore tyranny , though it commands passive obedience , never can effect uniformity in true ...
... death . There is no element more pliable than popular opinion . None more un- yielding to human machination than a good conscience ; there- fore tyranny , though it commands passive obedience , never can effect uniformity in true ...
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... death would not only have been without merit , but morally impossible . It would have been criminal in Mes- siah to have laid down his life otherwise than as a substitute . The sufferings of innocency could not have been pleasing to God ...
... death would not only have been without merit , but morally impossible . It would have been criminal in Mes- siah to have laid down his life otherwise than as a substitute . The sufferings of innocency could not have been pleasing to God ...
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... Death : his country mourning , and her navy eager to avenge his death . The visit to St. John's market closed the day . The evening upon which I parted from my companions , bound for London , I devoted to my pen . THURSDAY , the 11th ...
... Death : his country mourning , and her navy eager to avenge his death . The visit to St. John's market closed the day . The evening upon which I parted from my companions , bound for London , I devoted to my pen . THURSDAY , the 11th ...
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... deaths of ministers , and every other topic of general or local interest to the friends of truth , in this or the sister kingdom , will receive a due share of attention . " What has already been stated , is sufficient for the ...
... deaths of ministers , and every other topic of general or local interest to the friends of truth , in this or the sister kingdom , will receive a due share of attention . " What has already been stated , is sufficient for the ...
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... death has not transpired , but from a report having been cur- rent two or three years ago , when he made a journey southward in search of health , that he was threatened with ossification of the heart , it is probable that it has been ...
... death has not transpired , but from a report having been cur- rent two or three years ago , when he made a journey southward in search of health , that he was threatened with ossification of the heart , it is probable that it has been ...
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Page 167 - THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have holden, To subdue nations before him ; And I will loose the loins of kings, To open before him the two leaved gates; And the gates shall not be shut...
Page 11 - ... And it shall come to pass in that day, That the Lord shall set his hand again the second time To recover the remnant of his people, Which shall be left, from Assyria, And from Egypt, and from...
Page 45 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 104 - And I saw heaven opened; and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Page 66 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 42 - Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. : but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 103 - For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
Page 11 - Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers...
Page 115 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Page 406 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.