The Quarterly Christian SpectatorS. Cooke, 1836 - Theology |
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... ment supplied to secure vigorous action , but there is also a con- centration of the mental forces to a single point ; so that the mind's action will be at once vigorous and steady , powerful and deter- mined ; its highest efforts not ...
... ment supplied to secure vigorous action , but there is also a con- centration of the mental forces to a single point ; so that the mind's action will be at once vigorous and steady , powerful and deter- mined ; its highest efforts not ...
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... ment to believe , will not be " in vain in the Lord . " Let minis- ters of influence especially turn their attention to this subject , and go and act as duty may require . One thing is certain the testimony of an approving conscience is ...
... ment to believe , will not be " in vain in the Lord . " Let minis- ters of influence especially turn their attention to this subject , and go and act as duty may require . One thing is certain the testimony of an approving conscience is ...
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... ment ; to consider courses to be shunned and practices to be avoided , rather than to mark out any specific course which can in all cases be adopted . In this respect , his plan is a departure from the more common method pursued by ...
... ment ; to consider courses to be shunned and practices to be avoided , rather than to mark out any specific course which can in all cases be adopted . In this respect , his plan is a departure from the more common method pursued by ...
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... ment of various kinds . He means , that parents shall maintain a deportment in the intercourse with the family , which shall constant- ly inspire the minds of their children with respect , and that shall make it manifest to all who are ...
... ment of various kinds . He means , that parents shall maintain a deportment in the intercourse with the family , which shall constant- ly inspire the minds of their children with respect , and that shall make it manifest to all who are ...
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... ment , the soul and its eternal destinies , are forgotten ; moral ob- ligation is kept out of view ; conscience loses its susceptibility ; the mind is blinded , and the moral being becomes a low and groveling animal , without any lofty ...
... ment , the soul and its eternal destinies , are forgotten ; moral ob- ligation is kept out of view ; conscience loses its susceptibility ; the mind is blinded , and the moral being becomes a low and groveling animal , without any lofty ...
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Page 147 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is...
Page 150 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 303 - But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Page 237 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 431 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of man, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation (John v.
Page 228 - Repent, and be baptized every one of you for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Page 250 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 256 - And it came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him ; Lord teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 146 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods And mountains, and of all that we behold From this green earth, of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In Nature and the language of the sense The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.
Page 600 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.