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... means that the victor has beaten down his foe , and has borne to his tent the spoils of the vanquished . This is a philosophy of life which , in its logical applications , is not generally accepted . It is certain that its logical ...
... means that the victor has beaten down his foe , and has borne to his tent the spoils of the vanquished . This is a philosophy of life which , in its logical applications , is not generally accepted . It is certain that its logical ...
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... means of mutual aid and mutual support . In the great struggle for life , for the greatest possible fulness and intensity of life with the least waste of energy , natural selection continually seeks out the ways pre- cisely for avoiding ...
... means of mutual aid and mutual support . In the great struggle for life , for the greatest possible fulness and intensity of life with the least waste of energy , natural selection continually seeks out the ways pre- cisely for avoiding ...
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... mean ? Simply this : The only shrine of relig- ion and life that can shelter a man , that can stand against the hurtling storm and creeping tide , is a structure whose every stone is squared to the plummet of righteousness . In other ...
... mean ? Simply this : The only shrine of relig- ion and life that can shelter a man , that can stand against the hurtling storm and creeping tide , is a structure whose every stone is squared to the plummet of righteousness . In other ...
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... mean tem- perature of most men's lives ranges about the freezing - point of their religion . A puerile , thin , narrow faith is therefore a thousand times better for a man than no faith at all ; for , poor as it is , it stands for a ...
... mean tem- perature of most men's lives ranges about the freezing - point of their religion . A puerile , thin , narrow faith is therefore a thousand times better for a man than no faith at all ; for , poor as it is , it stands for a ...
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... mean that you have outgrown it . It may mean that it is too large and sovereign . to keep step with your insistent egotism and lawless vagabondage . This is a contingency which should give us pause . It is a time to put sharp questions ...
... mean that you have outgrown it . It may mean that it is too large and sovereign . to keep step with your insistent egotism and lawless vagabondage . This is a contingency which should give us pause . It is a time to put sharp questions ...
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Page 257 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 185 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Page 175 - For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men.
Page 180 - Ye have said, It is vain to serve God : and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts ? And now we call the proud happy ; yea, they that work wickedness are set up ; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Page 31 - We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us : for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves...
Page 279 - For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 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 - Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation : he that believeth shall not make haste.
Page 43 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 213 - Another parable put he forth unto them, saying; The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came, and sowed tares among the wheat; and went his way.
Page 227 - Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my GOD.