The Works of Joseph Stevens Buckminster: With Memoirs of His Life, Volume 2J. Munroe, 1839 - Congregational churches |
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... course of our own or of others ' experience , to God , the only proper agent . In a world so full as this of sudden and strange vicissitudes , it is of great importance to believe , steadfastly and cordially , that no event takes place ...
... course of our own or of others ' experience , to God , the only proper agent . In a world so full as this of sudden and strange vicissitudes , it is of great importance to believe , steadfastly and cordially , that no event takes place ...
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... course that succession of individual thoughts , which alone furnishes us with the idea of duration , can have no place in the Divine mind . For , if we can suppose two ideas to be contemplated , at the same precise moment , in any mind ...
... course that succession of individual thoughts , which alone furnishes us with the idea of duration , can have no place in the Divine mind . For , if we can suppose two ideas to be contemplated , at the same precise moment , in any mind ...
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... course of events ; that the progress of man's character and improvement is not so unalterably fixed by what are called the laws of nature that it may not some- times be accelerated by special assistance ; and , if God's love has ever ...
... course of events ; that the progress of man's character and improvement is not so unalterably fixed by what are called the laws of nature that it may not some- times be accelerated by special assistance ; and , if God's love has ever ...
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... course of my remarks , it must have appeared , that there is no foundation for the usual distinction between a general and a particular providence ; for so intimate are the mutual dependences of animate and inanimate creation , that no ...
... course of my remarks , it must have appeared , that there is no foundation for the usual distinction between a general and a particular providence ; for so intimate are the mutual dependences of animate and inanimate creation , that no ...
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... course , chaos succeeds to the harmony of innumerable spheres , and eternal darkness overwhelms this universe of light . Yet , in the midst of darkness , his throne is stable , and all is light about the seat of God . " Such knowledge ...
... course , chaos succeeds to the harmony of innumerable spheres , and eternal darkness overwhelms this universe of light . Yet , in the midst of darkness , his throne is stable , and all is light about the seat of God . " Such knowledge ...
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Page 125 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 386 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 315 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 309 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Page 375 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 376 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 206 - Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Page 32 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page x - Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Page xi - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.