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... 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 which we have to discuss and to answer , and it seems ...
... 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 which we have to discuss and to answer , and it seems ...
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... perfect , this self - surrender cannot be independent of reason and yet reasonable . In order to be a legitimate act it must spring out of good affec- tions , and these affections must be enlightened ; We cannot they must rest on the ...
... perfect , this self - surrender cannot be independent of reason and yet reasonable . In order to be a legitimate act it must spring out of good affec- tions , and these affections must be enlightened ; We cannot they must rest on the ...
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... perfect . It is most unlikely that they should all be equal in rank and value . But to determine the position and worth of a religion , whether theistic or non- theistic , it is indispensable that we have some notion of what religion is ...
... perfect . It is most unlikely that they should all be equal in rank and value . But to determine the position and worth of a religion , whether theistic or non- theistic , it is indispensable that we have some notion of what religion is ...
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... Perfect communion with Him in trustful love no longer supposed , as it did in earlier times , an imperfect knowledge , on the part of the worshipper , either of God's character or of his own . It required no overlooking of the evil of ...
... Perfect communion with Him in trustful love no longer supposed , as it did in earlier times , an imperfect knowledge , on the part of the worshipper , either of God's character or of his own . It required no overlooking of the evil of ...
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... perfect God is the object of worship . Fetichism , nature - worship , humanitarian poly- theism , and pantheism , are all very much lower forms of religion , and therefore to abandon theism for any of them is not to advance but to retro ...
... perfect God is the object of worship . Fetichism , nature - worship , humanitarian poly- theism , and pantheism , are all very much lower forms of religion , and therefore to abandon theism for any of them is not to advance but to retro ...
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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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