The Universalist Quarterly and General ReviewA. Tompkins, 1884 - Universalism |
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Page 19
That the controlling will could accomplish its purpose by adaptation of means to
ends as well as by direct fiat , does not seem to have occurred to him . If we grant
the existence of design , we grant also that the possibility of fulfilling this design ...
That the controlling will could accomplish its purpose by adaptation of means to
ends as well as by direct fiat , does not seem to have occurred to him . If we grant
the existence of design , we grant also that the possibility of fulfilling this design ...
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That Universalist critics should refuse to accept this philosophy , so clearly
embodied in St . Peter ' s language literally understood , seems to us passing
strange . If they believe Christ and the gospel necessary to salvation , how do
1884 .
That Universalist critics should refuse to accept this philosophy , so clearly
embodied in St . Peter ' s language literally understood , seems to us passing
strange . If they believe Christ and the gospel necessary to salvation , how do
1884 .
Page 56
Though children may be interested and benefited by them , though a simplicity
almost childlike seems at times to pervade them , nevertheless , in their widest
range they can be grasped only by those who from experience and observation
of ...
Though children may be interested and benefited by them , though a simplicity
almost childlike seems at times to pervade them , nevertheless , in their widest
range they can be grasped only by those who from experience and observation
of ...
Page 59
But he seems to prefer Scotch portrayals , and he has written the greater part of
his books in the Scotch dialect . He seems to have given himself more freely and
earnestly to such works , and in them we find a different spirit , and perhaps a ...
But he seems to prefer Scotch portrayals , and he has written the greater part of
his books in the Scotch dialect . He seems to have given himself more freely and
earnestly to such works , and in them we find a different spirit , and perhaps a ...
Page 60
... fairness , love ,a love to make life an absolute good , — not a mere
accommodation of difficulties , not a mere preponderance of the balance on the
side of well - being . Love only could have been able to create . But they don't
seem jealous ...
... fairness , love ,a love to make life an absolute good , — not a mere
accommodation of difficulties , not a mere preponderance of the balance on the
side of well - being . Love only could have been able to create . But they don't
seem jealous ...
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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.