The United Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 1William Oliphant and Sons, 1847 |
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... object , that there is nothing among us which can be properly de- nominated a famine , since he and his family fare sumptuously every day . On that principle there never was a famine in the world , except on such occasions as the sieges ...
... object , that there is nothing among us which can be properly de- nominated a famine , since he and his family fare sumptuously every day . On that principle there never was a famine in the world , except on such occasions as the sieges ...
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... object of the pre- sent paper . The writer intends taking a survey of the religious state of society in this country ; and in doing so , he will endeavour to strike the balance between the past and the present , as to the progress made ...
... object of the pre- sent paper . The writer intends taking a survey of the religious state of society in this country ; and in doing so , he will endeavour to strike the balance between the past and the present , as to the progress made ...
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... object , it unites their sympathies and de- sires . Raising their hearts to heaven , it brings them all together in the presence of God . The family altar is an asylum to which they repair from the cares and toils of life : reminding ...
... object , it unites their sympathies and de- sires . Raising their hearts to heaven , it brings them all together in the presence of God . The family altar is an asylum to which they repair from the cares and toils of life : reminding ...
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... object of knowledge , shall advance from stage to stage in fulness of perfection . This seems to us gratuitously assumed . There seems no rea- son why divine all - sufficiency might not as completely manifest itself in one act of crea ...
... object of knowledge , shall advance from stage to stage in fulness of perfection . This seems to us gratuitously assumed . There seems no rea- son why divine all - sufficiency might not as completely manifest itself in one act of crea ...
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... object , by allowing their spirit of independence , -hatred of centralization , they call it , –to break out into wild and lawless insubordination . They divide and conquer - themselves . During the former discussion it was a very ...
... object , by allowing their spirit of independence , -hatred of centralization , they call it , –to break out into wild and lawless insubordination . They divide and conquer - themselves . During the former discussion it was a very ...
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Page 362 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness : and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness ; and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn : they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 542 - And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse ; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Page 270 - ... grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ : . from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Page 7 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Page 361 - Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar ? Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 146 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the Apostles' feet : and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 266 - For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 30 Having the same conflict "which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Page 356 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — " O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...
Page 543 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 104 - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus : that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.