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... truth , when no intimation is given of this change ? Is it credible that the prophet should conceal a point of so much magnitude , as he considered this to be , in a phraseology altogether unintelligible . Would he keep the world in ...
... truth , when no intimation is given of this change ? Is it credible that the prophet should conceal a point of so much magnitude , as he considered this to be , in a phraseology altogether unintelligible . Would he keep the world in ...
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... truth in their system : but their customs , established by the usage of centuries , the despotic nature of their gov- ernment , the prominent articles of their faith , and the very genius and spirit of their religion , shield the ...
... truth in their system : but their customs , established by the usage of centuries , the despotic nature of their gov- ernment , the prominent articles of their faith , and the very genius and spirit of their religion , shield the ...
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... truth . They do not admit the Papal infallibility , indulgences , dispensations , or purgatory . The Armenians derive their name from the country in which they dwell , and differ very little from the Greeks . All these sects , though ...
... truth . They do not admit the Papal infallibility , indulgences , dispensations , or purgatory . The Armenians derive their name from the country in which they dwell , and differ very little from the Greeks . All these sects , though ...
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... truth and religion among these people ? It may also be hoped , that the prosecution of mis- sionary labors , in the Holy Land , will , in some measure at least , assist in elucidating the meaning of Scripture , for though God has ...
... truth and religion among these people ? It may also be hoped , that the prosecution of mis- sionary labors , in the Holy Land , will , in some measure at least , assist in elucidating the meaning of Scripture , for though God has ...
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... PROFESSOR IN UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY , VIRGINIA . Boston : PRINTED BY CROCKER AND BREWSTER , 47 Washington Street . The following sermon was first published in the NATIONAL PREACHER 1828 . THE POWER OF TRUTH AND LOVE . A ...
... PROFESSOR IN UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY , VIRGINIA . Boston : PRINTED BY CROCKER AND BREWSTER , 47 Washington Street . The following sermon was first published in the NATIONAL PREACHER 1828 . THE POWER OF TRUTH AND LOVE . A ...
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Page 16 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul.
Page 21 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Page 15 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 3 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red.
Page 15 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 20 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect or support any place, of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 19 - Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Page 8 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 9 - ... wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us...
Page 15 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...