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... principle , that there is no limit to the range of our growth - no goal to the progress of the immortal spirit with- in us . 2. We are also to feel that self - cultivation is important . We are to feel that our dignity and usefulness ...
... principle , that there is no limit to the range of our growth - no goal to the progress of the immortal spirit with- in us . 2. We are also to feel that self - cultivation is important . We are to feel that our dignity and usefulness ...
Page 90
... principle of self - cultivation and improvement . No other system so shows us our defects , or holds before us a per- fect standard , or gives us the rules and means of self - improve- ment , or points out its true ends , or inspires ...
... principle of self - cultivation and improvement . No other system so shows us our defects , or holds before us a per- fect standard , or gives us the rules and means of self - improve- ment , or points out its true ends , or inspires ...
Page 91
... principles in the work of self - cultivation ; and then , in the confidence , and in the consciousness of progress , we ... principle of action . Self - improvement we shall feel to be the utmost that we can do , with all our own efforts ...
... principles in the work of self - cultivation ; and then , in the confidence , and in the consciousness of progress , we ... principle of action . Self - improvement we shall feel to be the utmost that we can do , with all our own efforts ...
Page 92
... principles of interpretation , yet there are not wanting instances at the present day of a wide departure from those sound exegetical maxims , which are suggested by enlightened reason , and confirmed by the general tenor of the Sacred ...
... principles of interpretation , yet there are not wanting instances at the present day of a wide departure from those sound exegetical maxims , which are suggested by enlightened reason , and confirmed by the general tenor of the Sacred ...
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... principle of analogy we ought to expect types in the New Testament . By the applica- tion of this principle , it has been discovered , among other things , that the original employment of the apostles as fishermen , was * Antoninus ...
... principle of analogy we ought to expect types in the New Testament . By the applica- tion of this principle , it has been discovered , among other things , that the original employment of the apostles as fishermen , was * Antoninus ...
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Page 192 - For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Page 216 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 237 - I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 181 - I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Page 184 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 458 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 313 - But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
Page 66 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 320 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 66 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.