Fanaticism, by the author of 'Natural history of enthusiasm'.1833 |
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... heart and under- standing . Never in fact , have we more urgent need of a settled principle of philanthropy than when we set foot upon the ground of religious delusion . Nowhere , so much as there , is it necessary to be resolute in our ...
... heart and under- standing . Never in fact , have we more urgent need of a settled principle of philanthropy than when we set foot upon the ground of religious delusion . Nowhere , so much as there , is it necessary to be resolute in our ...
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... heart ( as history compels us to admit ) a world of wonderous inconsistencies ; and especially so when religious infatuations come in to trouble it . How often has there been seen upon the stage of human affairs beings - must we call ...
... heart ( as history compels us to admit ) a world of wonderous inconsistencies ; and especially so when religious infatuations come in to trouble it . How often has there been seen upon the stage of human affairs beings - must we call ...
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... heart to heart , and from city to city , and from shore to shore . The special reason therefore or the URGENT REASON , why we should now dismiss from our own bosoms every taint of superstition , and every residue of un- belief , as well ...
... heart to heart , and from city to city , and from shore to shore . The special reason therefore or the URGENT REASON , why we should now dismiss from our own bosoms every taint of superstition , and every residue of un- belief , as well ...
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... single believer . Does not the Omnipresent Spirit , rich in power to renovate human hearts , even now brood over the populous plains and crowded cities of India and of China , as well as over the cities MOTIVES OF THE WORK . 11.
... single believer . Does not the Omnipresent Spirit , rich in power to renovate human hearts , even now brood over the populous plains and crowded cities of India and of China , as well as over the cities MOTIVES OF THE WORK . 11.
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... hearts of the Christians of each age , severally and collectively ! There might , we grant , seem more urgent need to make inquiry concerning the intrinsic condition of the Christian body in those times when its diffusive influence had ...
... hearts of the Christians of each age , severally and collectively ! There might , we grant , seem more urgent need to make inquiry concerning the intrinsic condition of the Christian body in those times when its diffusive influence had ...
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Page 499 - The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Page 464 - For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah...
Page 414 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant ; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer : their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar ; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Page 412 - Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Page 499 - For bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 410 - Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Page 498 - But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour...
Page 451 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Page 453 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 403 - Therefore fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD ; neither be dismayed, O Israel : for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity ; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.