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... earth and heaven . They are like the ladder which Jacob saw in vision , on which the angels of God were ascending and de- scending ; and he who pauses beneath them in the sacred hours , to meditate and pray , is sometimes led to exclaim ...
... earth and heaven . They are like the ladder which Jacob saw in vision , on which the angels of God were ascending and de- scending ; and he who pauses beneath them in the sacred hours , to meditate and pray , is sometimes led to exclaim ...
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... earth , soars , instinctively soars , away from it - even though he scarcely knows whither . But , my brethren , do not we know where our thoughts soar ? Have we not a purpose in this erection ? Do we not feel that we have need of such ...
... earth , soars , instinctively soars , away from it - even though he scarcely knows whither . But , my brethren , do not we know where our thoughts soar ? Have we not a purpose in this erection ? Do we not feel that we have need of such ...
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... earth . Truly and deeply , and in a sense not yet enough understood , it is saving knowledge . The Catholic worships that cross . I too would have it worshipped ; but it should not be the worshipping of a mere symbol , nor of the mere ...
... earth . Truly and deeply , and in a sense not yet enough understood , it is saving knowledge . The Catholic worships that cross . I too would have it worshipped ; but it should not be the worshipping of a mere symbol , nor of the mere ...
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... earth - should be bright and happy , I had almost said , as the regions of heaven ! You will not suppose , I trust , that I wish you to infer from what I have now said , that the liberty of explaining Christianity , which every body of ...
... earth - should be bright and happy , I had almost said , as the regions of heaven ! You will not suppose , I trust , that I wish you to infer from what I have now said , that the liberty of explaining Christianity , which every body of ...
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... earth was ever so completely without a purpose . The very plough in the furrow were more sacred , than the pulpit which never cultivates the field of the world . But what is human welfare ? And where is it ? And how is it to be promoted ...
... earth was ever so completely without a purpose . The very plough in the furrow were more sacred , than the pulpit which never cultivates the field of the world . But what is human welfare ? And where is it ? And how is it to be promoted ...
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Page 20 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are : that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 11 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 21 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 34 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 9 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 3 - Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 7 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 11 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Page 34 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Page 5 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters : they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.