Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3; Volume 38O. Everett, 1845 |
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... sense , so " crouch to numbers " and " feign acquiescence , " as Mr. Alison represents , then how is it that our frequent political changes , State and National , are brought about ? The former question indicates a ruling propensity in ...
... sense , so " crouch to numbers " and " feign acquiescence , " as Mr. Alison represents , then how is it that our frequent political changes , State and National , are brought about ? The former question indicates a ruling propensity in ...
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... sense that in some particular they may be undeserving of it . " He has likewise repre- sented truly , though strongly , the restless activity which is the prominent feature of American character . " Every thing goes on at the gallop ...
... sense that in some particular they may be undeserving of it . " He has likewise repre- sented truly , though strongly , the restless activity which is the prominent feature of American character . " Every thing goes on at the gallop ...
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... sense of that term . Whatever has been sanctioned by time , whether right or wrong in itself , he upholds . One instance out of many will suffice to give an insight into his character in this respect . He laments the destruction of the ...
... sense of that term . Whatever has been sanctioned by time , whether right or wrong in itself , he upholds . One instance out of many will suffice to give an insight into his character in this respect . He laments the destruction of the ...
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... sense of right , a feeling capable of ren- dering homage to infinite excellence . Its rebuke of im- piety , its condemnation of sin , could have no meaning , if there were not such a feeling . Nor is this estrangement from God , or this ...
... sense of right , a feeling capable of ren- dering homage to infinite excellence . Its rebuke of im- piety , its condemnation of sin , could have no meaning , if there were not such a feeling . Nor is this estrangement from God , or this ...
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... sense of a personal relation to God . It is not the tendency to pantheism of which we now speak , and which can never affect but a few minds , but it is one of a more vague and general character . Pantheism , however , is the extreme of ...
... sense of a personal relation to God . It is not the tendency to pantheism of which we now speak , and which can never affect but a few minds , but it is one of a more vague and general character . Pantheism , however , is the extreme of ...
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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.