Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846--1864-1865, Volume 13James Nisbet & Company, 1858 - Christianity |
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... doctors of law . Almshouses , infirmaries , and such like institutions , which bring into play the better sympathies of our nature , and mitigate the sufferings of the masses , had no existence in the 14 THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE.
... doctors of law . Almshouses , infirmaries , and such like institutions , which bring into play the better sympathies of our nature , and mitigate the sufferings of the masses , had no existence in the 14 THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE.
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... nature seemed to undergo a change , and men soon ceased to look with dread on a Visigoth or a Vandal . Their altered demeanour proved how completely successful the apostles of the new faith had been in their endeavours " To make man ...
... nature seemed to undergo a change , and men soon ceased to look with dread on a Visigoth or a Vandal . Their altered demeanour proved how completely successful the apostles of the new faith had been in their endeavours " To make man ...
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... natural affections , and training a rising generation to the exercise of lawless tyranny . If Christianity had done nothing more for society than to rescue woman from a state of degradation , and assign to her that influential and ...
... natural affections , and training a rising generation to the exercise of lawless tyranny . If Christianity had done nothing more for society than to rescue woman from a state of degradation , and assign to her that influential and ...
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... nature of the holy books themselves , their tendency and coincidences , as well as the light thrown upon them by history . I ask you to search with all diligence the records of science ; at your earliest leisure to read that noble ...
... nature of the holy books themselves , their tendency and coincidences , as well as the light thrown upon them by history . I ask you to search with all diligence the records of science ; at your earliest leisure to read that noble ...
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... Nature asks no more than this - man can attempt no more than this- God requires no more than this , that we should be in the true sense of the word , manly . If on the present occasion I should succeed in exposing to well - merited ...
... Nature asks no more than this - man can attempt no more than this- God requires no more than this , that we should be in the true sense of the word , manly . If on the present occasion I should succeed in exposing to well - merited ...
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Page 158 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 368 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 225 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement. From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Page 270 - Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word : Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars : Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 402 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Page 270 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 402 - And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Page 182 - Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 521 - Perish policy and cunning, Perish all that fears the light ! Whether losing, whether winning, Trust in God and do the right.
Page 330 - ... a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...