The Congregational Magazine, Volume 6B.J. Holdsworth, 1823 - Congregationalism |
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... once avowed this as its object , how numerous would be the claims upon its bounty ; and what funds could it expect to raise , equal to such de- mands . How difficult would it be to gain satisfactory information , and how embarrassing ...
... once avowed this as its object , how numerous would be the claims upon its bounty ; and what funds could it expect to raise , equal to such de- mands . How difficult would it be to gain satisfactory information , and how embarrassing ...
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... once add to our glory and our strength . I call upon the congregational board to consider the subject . They shall take the lead , and many in the country will follow - æquis passibus . This , in my view , embraces all that a ...
... once add to our glory and our strength . I call upon the congregational board to consider the subject . They shall take the lead , and many in the country will follow - æquis passibus . This , in my view , embraces all that a ...
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... once . Let the congregational board take it into im- mediate and serious consideration . Or , if they prefer that it should be taken up in another way , let it be brought forward at the monthly meeting ; and this probably would be the ...
... once . Let the congregational board take it into im- mediate and serious consideration . Or , if they prefer that it should be taken up in another way , let it be brought forward at the monthly meeting ; and this probably would be the ...
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... once acquainted with " the doc- trines of the Lord , " nor would it have been prudent to attempt it . They were taught as they were able to bear it . A thousand doubts , and questions , and desires would arise in those minds , in which ...
... once acquainted with " the doc- trines of the Lord , " nor would it have been prudent to attempt it . They were taught as they were able to bear it . A thousand doubts , and questions , and desires would arise in those minds , in which ...
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... once unfair , and contrary to the spirit of the New Testament directions . It is unfair , because it takes no cognizance of a man's ability , but merely of the size of his family . It is , in fact , a species of poll - tax , levying so ...
... once unfair , and contrary to the spirit of the New Testament directions . It is unfair , because it takes no cognizance of a man's ability , but merely of the size of his family . It is , in fact , a species of poll - tax , levying so ...
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Page 178 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 58 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 640 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 277 - Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Page 279 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 514 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 439 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Page 156 - Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
Page 187 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 468 - Truth indeed came once into the world with her Divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on : but when he ascended, and his Apostles after him were laid asleep, then straight arose a wicked race of deceivers, who, as that story goes of the Egyptian Typhon with his conspirators, how they dealt with the good Osiris, took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thou,sand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...