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... Scotland ; nor can mortal man know where they will cease , for they are now on their way across the Atlantic waves to the New World . In the course of their first interview , Mr. or Colonel A. discovered quite a military fierceness in ...
... Scotland ; nor can mortal man know where they will cease , for they are now on their way across the Atlantic waves to the New World . In the course of their first interview , Mr. or Colonel A. discovered quite a military fierceness in ...
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... SCOTLAND . OUR SCOTTISH RITUAL . DEAR BRETHREN , In directing your thoughts to a matter in which our practice , as I humbly conceive , is at variance with our principles and standards , as well as with our duty and the best interests of ...
... SCOTLAND . OUR SCOTTISH RITUAL . DEAR BRETHREN , In directing your thoughts to a matter in which our practice , as I humbly conceive , is at variance with our principles and standards , as well as with our duty and the best interests of ...
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... Scotland , and a fortiori passes sentence of condemnation on his own Church , which , whether for good or evil in these days , is surely far more closely interwoven with , and trammelled by the State , than yours . S. M. Very true . If ...
... Scotland , and a fortiori passes sentence of condemnation on his own Church , which , whether for good or evil in these days , is surely far more closely interwoven with , and trammelled by the State , than yours . S. M. Very true . If ...
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... Scotland . S. M .- " In quietness and confidence has been our strength . " We committed our way to that just and gracious God , who is " the Author of peace and not of confusion ; " and He is now ... Scotland 36 Public Worship in Scotland .
... Scotland . S. M .- " In quietness and confidence has been our strength . " We committed our way to that just and gracious God , who is " the Author of peace and not of confusion ; " and He is now ... Scotland 36 Public Worship in Scotland .
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... Scotland has been so decidedly altered for the worse . In returning from the Church , at which , as I said , I was present during the Communion Services , upon the Saturday , I overheard an intelligent farmer say to another , " What a ...
... Scotland has been so decidedly altered for the worse . In returning from the Church , at which , as I said , I was present during the Communion Services , upon the Saturday , I overheard an intelligent farmer say to another , " What a ...
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Page 125 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 401 - God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Page 310 - ... to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 379 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 104 - Argus' eyes, by Hermes' wand opprest, Clos'd one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after Art goes out, and all is Night: See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head!
Page 104 - Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 404 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 375 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 30 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him ; and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 265 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.