The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 221824 |
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... light of the Christian Revelation does not shine , there , there is no true light ; if we must grant , that the super- stitious mummeries of devout ignorance are ill exchanged for the same mummeries employed to cover the hypocrisy of ...
... light of the Christian Revelation does not shine , there , there is no true light ; if we must grant , that the super- stitious mummeries of devout ignorance are ill exchanged for the same mummeries employed to cover the hypocrisy of ...
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... light from Heaven that should break through , would dissipate the delusion , and consume the corruption , -never again to return upon earth . But in this age , men have had exposed fully before their eyes , the cheat and the wrong ...
... light from Heaven that should break through , would dissipate the delusion , and consume the corruption , -never again to return upon earth . But in this age , men have had exposed fully before their eyes , the cheat and the wrong ...
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... light of the crescent , of Pekin or of Meaco . Which of the continents - Europe or Asia , promises to be the first subjugated by the religion of the Bible , is a question it would be presumptuous to speculate upon . But it can hardly be ...
... light of the crescent , of Pekin or of Meaco . Which of the continents - Europe or Asia , promises to be the first subjugated by the religion of the Bible , is a question it would be presumptuous to speculate upon . But it can hardly be ...
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... light , their own religious state , their relative position , their responsibilities , and the true condition of their country , is indispensable to their fulfilling the hope that centres in them . And how much does this full and clear ...
... light , their own religious state , their relative position , their responsibilities , and the true condition of their country , is indispensable to their fulfilling the hope that centres in them . And how much does this full and clear ...
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... light which they shed abroad , still shines upon the field that is every where strewed with the wrecks of the institutions that fell under their in- fluence . Coming after them , there is nothing left for us to de- molish : we have only ...
... light which they shed abroad , still shines upon the field that is every where strewed with the wrecks of the institutions that fell under their in- fluence . Coming after them , there is nothing left for us to de- molish : we have only ...
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Page 255 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord : And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment.
Page 363 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 254 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 474 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life...
Page 254 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 267 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 457 - All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Page 329 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 435 - An old clock, that had stood for fifty years in a farmer's kitchen, without giving its owner any cause of complaint, early one summer's morning, before the family was stirring, suddenly stopped. Upon this, the dial-plate (if we may credit the fable,) changed countenance with alarm; the hands made a vain effort to continue their course ; the wheels remained motionless with surprise ; the weights hung speechless; each member felt disposed to lay the blame on the others. At length the dial instituted...
Page 226 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.