Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3; Volume 38O. Everett, 1845 |
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... give an insight into his character in this respect . He laments the destruction of the " rotten boroughs " of England . He thinks it a good thing that half a dozen men , or even a single man , should have had power to send a member to ...
... give an insight into his character in this respect . He laments the destruction of the " rotten boroughs " of England . He thinks it a good thing that half a dozen men , or even a single man , should have had power to send a member to ...
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... give it . Cannot the Infinite Being do that for all minds , which you can do for one ? And how would you give it ? You would , perhaps imperceptibly and indirectly , touch some spring in your child's mind which you saw and the way to ...
... give it . Cannot the Infinite Being do that for all minds , which you can do for one ? And how would you give it ? You would , perhaps imperceptibly and indirectly , touch some spring in your child's mind which you saw and the way to ...
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gifts to your children , how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask him ? " We are content to make the Psalmist's wisdom ours ; and to say , with him , " Hear my prayer , O Lord , give ear unto my ...
gifts to your children , how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask him ? " We are content to make the Psalmist's wisdom ours ; and to say , with him , " Hear my prayer , O Lord , give ear unto my ...
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... into the grand realities of their being , because they give no fixed and piercing attention to them . The insight cannot possibly come in any other way . Would it be a great thing , if any one 32 [ JAN . On the Reluctance to Pray .
... into the grand realities of their being , because they give no fixed and piercing attention to them . The insight cannot possibly come in any other way . Would it be a great thing , if any one 32 [ JAN . On the Reluctance to Pray .
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... give evidence of a very nice appreciation of the comparative value of the testimony he adduces , as affected by the time of the writer , or the suspicion of forgery or interpolation which attaches to the writing . Then again , he is not ...
... give evidence of a very nice appreciation of the comparative value of the testimony he adduces , as affected by the time of the writer , or the suspicion of forgery or interpolation which attaches to the writing . Then again , he is not ...
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Page 364 - Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Page 219 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " ' So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " ' Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " ' For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn...
Page 214 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? »the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 219 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?
Page 101 - Whilst love and terror laid the tiles. Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the best gem upon her zone ; And morning opes with haste her lids To gaze upon the pyramids...
Page 100 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Page 217 - The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers And heavily in clouds brings on the day The great, th' important day
Page 219 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 99 - The league between virtue and nature engages all things to assume a hostile front to vice. The beautiful laws and substances of the world persecute and whip the traitor. He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit, but there is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue.
Page 111 - And it is yet far more evident, for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.