Religious Lectures on Peculiar Phenomena in the Four Seasons ...: Delivered to the Students in Amherst College, in 1845, 1847, 1848 and 1849 |
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... moral powers than his present organization . Indeed , wonder- ful as that organization is , both scripture and experience testify , that in this world , because it is a state of sin and death , the whole creation groaneth and traveleth ...
... moral powers than his present organization . Indeed , wonder- ful as that organization is , both scripture and experience testify , that in this world , because it is a state of sin and death , the whole creation groaneth and traveleth ...
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... moral powers , and to ever advancing holiness and happiness ! The scriptures allow us to give our imagination free scope , in attempting to conceive of the splendors of that state : for they seize upon the most brilliant scenes of time ...
... moral powers , and to ever advancing holiness and happiness ! The scriptures allow us to give our imagination free scope , in attempting to conceive of the splendors of that state : for they seize upon the most brilliant scenes of time ...
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... moral . Nay , where is the objection to the supposition , that the glorified spirit may pass success- ively into higher and higher conditions of being , by means of changes as great , it may be , as those that con- duct it from this ...
... moral . Nay , where is the objection to the supposition , that the glorified spirit may pass success- ively into higher and higher conditions of being , by means of changes as great , it may be , as those that con- duct it from this ...
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... moral lesson with great clearness and force ; and the religious man should ever desire to secure this most needed benefit from every thing beautiful and sublime in nature . You will see by my text , that my object on this occa- sion ...
... moral lesson with great clearness and force ; and the religious man should ever desire to secure this most needed benefit from every thing beautiful and sublime in nature . You will see by my text , that my object on this occa- sion ...
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... moral interest in the rainbow : for the long continued constancy of nature dissipated their fears of its interruption : and at this day , how few , as they look up- on this phenomenon , remember at all that it is the token . of that ...
... moral interest in the rainbow : for the long continued constancy of nature dissipated their fears of its interruption : and at this day , how few , as they look up- on this phenomenon , remember at all that it is the token . of that ...
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Page 79 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 112 - If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith ? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Page 111 - Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 132 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 110 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Page 53 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 21 - And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Page 16 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain ; it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him ; and to every seed his own body.
Page 53 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 111 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.