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... eternal Being , infinite in power and wisdom , and perfect in holiness and goodness , the Maker of heaven and earth , or have we not ? Is theism true , or is some antagonistic , some anti- theistic theory true ? This is the question ...
... eternal Being , infinite in power and wisdom , and perfect in holiness and goodness , the Maker of heaven and earth , or have we not ? Is theism true , or is some antagonistic , some anti- theistic theory true ? This is the question ...
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... eternal and unchanging ; as omnipotent , omnipre- sent , and omniscient ; as the Creator , the Preserver , and the Judge of all ; —but He is not set before us as truly righteous or even as truly reasonable , and still less as Love . He ...
... eternal and unchanging ; as omnipotent , omnipre- sent , and omniscient ; as the Creator , the Preserver , and the Judge of all ; —but He is not set before us as truly righteous or even as truly reasonable , and still less as Love . He ...
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... eternal , and mysterious power -a power in darkness shrouded , yet on which hang all life and death , all joy and woe . According to the view just stated , the evidences or proofs of God's existence are countless . They are to be found ...
... eternal , and mysterious power -a power in darkness shrouded , yet on which hang all life and death , all joy and woe . According to the view just stated , the evidences or proofs of God's existence are countless . They are to be found ...
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... eternal , in- finite , and unchangeable Being , supplement the proofs from other sources , and give self - consist- ency and completeness to the doctrine of theism . The various theistic arguments are , in a word , but stages in a ...
... eternal , in- finite , and unchangeable Being , supplement the proofs from other sources , and give self - consist- ency and completeness to the doctrine of theism . The various theistic arguments are , in a word , but stages in a ...
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... eternal truth by the finite human reasons which have been enlightened by Infinite and Divine Reason . The strangest of all theories as to the foundation . of our belief in God is , that it has no foundation at all that it is a belief ...
... eternal truth by the finite human reasons which have been enlightened by Infinite and Divine Reason . The strangest of all theories as to the foundation . of our belief in God is , that it has no foundation at all that it is a belief ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
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