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... thought . I have taken some of the great familiar truths of our religious belief or life , and , stripping them of accidents and conventionalities , have endeavoured to lay them forth in their reality , face to face with our ordinary ...
... thought . I have taken some of the great familiar truths of our religious belief or life , and , stripping them of accidents and conventionalities , have endeavoured to lay them forth in their reality , face to face with our ordinary ...
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Henry Alford. aspect , and break in abruptly on the tenor of our thoughts . Then , working from this point , I have tried to shew that the contrast is in fact apparent only that matters of the same kind as these great truths are ...
Henry Alford. aspect , and break in abruptly on the tenor of our thoughts . Then , working from this point , I have tried to shew that the contrast is in fact apparent only that matters of the same kind as these great truths are ...
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... thoughts and words and to enter into and deal with , not imaginary states of mind and affection , not imaginary difficulties , but those really felt by our hearers . BOCHASTLE , CALLANDER , September , 1865 . IN ADVENT . CONTENTS . PAGE ...
... thoughts and words and to enter into and deal with , not imaginary states of mind and affection , not imaginary difficulties , but those really felt by our hearers . BOCHASTLE , CALLANDER , September , 1865 . IN ADVENT . CONTENTS . PAGE ...
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... thoughts of all of us about things around us , and the reality of the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of us . Of what is this a sign ? On the one hand , do not let us press it further than is fair . I suppose some ...
... thoughts of all of us about things around us , and the reality of the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of us . Of what is this a sign ? On the one hand , do not let us press it further than is fair . I suppose some ...
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... thoughts . We all believe the holy articles of our faith ; but there are times in the lives of us all , times of which we have no reason to be ashamed , when the mention of these solemn points of our belief would come in strangely and ...
... thoughts . We all believe the holy articles of our faith ; but there are times in the lives of us all , times of which we have no reason to be ashamed , when the mention of these solemn points of our belief would come in strangely and ...
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