The Universalist Quarterly and General ReviewA. Tompkins, 1884 - Universalism |
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... such a nature that they compel us to affirm intelligence of the First Cause , of
the Something , the entity in which we must all believe ? ” That the adaptation of
means to ends is an attribute of intelligence , is a truth which has become an
axiom ...
... such a nature that they compel us to affirm intelligence of the First Cause , of
the Something , the entity in which we must all believe ? ” That the adaptation of
means to ends is an attribute of intelligence , is a truth which has become an
axiom ...
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To accomplish this object , to give an idea an embodied form , to put the thought
in the picture , the idea in the machine , the forces of efficient causes are used as
means to the end . The inventor of the electric light uses a battery to carry out his
...
To accomplish this object , to give an idea an embodied form , to put the thought
in the picture , the idea in the machine , the forces of efficient causes are used as
means to the end . The inventor of the electric light uses a battery to carry out his
...
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evident that the force of gravity is the means employed to carry out this design .
Cause and effect converted into means and end must , therefore , be the basis on
which law is identified with design . To say that law is invariable is mere ...
evident that the force of gravity is the means employed to carry out this design .
Cause and effect converted into means and end must , therefore , be the basis on
which law is identified with design . To say that law is invariable is mere ...
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Thus far the analogy between law and design has been found to lie in the fact
that law compels the same future event to follow the action of the same efficient
causes , while design makes these efficient causes means to bring about the
future ...
Thus far the analogy between law and design has been found to lie in the fact
that law compels the same future event to follow the action of the same efficient
causes , while design makes these efficient causes means to bring about the
future ...
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But the further proof that the finality in matter can only be due to conscious mind
reveals the fact that through law , efficient causes , the term common to both
design and law , always become means for an end . It declares that as the
designs of ...
But the further proof that the finality in matter can only be due to conscious mind
reveals the fact that through law , efficient causes , the term common to both
design and law , always become means for an end . It declares that as the
designs of ...
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Page 119 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Page 33 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom ; but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
Page 486 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me: no man cared for my soul.
Page 233 - For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Page 49 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing; wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Page 42 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Page 235 - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called ; which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
Page 233 - For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
Page 301 - ... he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him,. What doest thou?
Page 90 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.