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... with the dying and the dead — saw babes starving on the empty breasts of pallid mothers , heard the sobs , saw the tears , the sunken cheeks , the sightless eyes , the new made graves , and remained as pitiless as ( 18 )
... with the dying and the dead — saw babes starving on the empty breasts of pallid mothers , heard the sobs , saw the tears , the sunken cheeks , the sightless eyes , the new made graves , and remained as pitiless as ( 18 )
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... dead . In the New Testament , death is not the end , but the beginning of punishment that has no end . In the New Testament the malice of God is infinite and the hunger of his revenge eternal . The orthodox God , when clothed in human ...
... dead . In the New Testament , death is not the end , but the beginning of punishment that has no end . In the New Testament the malice of God is infinite and the hunger of his revenge eternal . The orthodox God , when clothed in human ...
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... dead and dying nations . I concluded that all religions had the same foun- dation — a belief in the supernatural — a power above nature that man could influence by worship — by sacrifice and prayer . I found that all religions rested on ...
... dead and dying nations . I concluded that all religions had the same foun- dation — a belief in the supernatural — a power above nature that man could influence by worship — by sacrifice and prayer . I found that all religions rested on ...
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... dead as well as the living , burst into leaf and bud and flower . Hercules was a sun - god and so was Samson , whose strength was in his hair— that is to say , in his beams . He was shorn of his strength by Delilah , the shadow — the ...
... dead as well as the living , burst into leaf and bud and flower . Hercules was a sun - god and so was Samson , whose strength was in his hair— that is to say , in his beams . He was shorn of his strength by Delilah , the shadow — the ...
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... dead . The history of these gods is the exact history of our Christ . This is not a coincidence — an accident . Christ was a sun - god . Christ was a new name for an old biography — a survival — the last of the sun - gods . Christ was ...
... dead . The history of these gods is the exact history of our Christ . This is not a coincidence — an accident . Christ was a sun - god . Christ was a new name for an old biography — a survival — the last of the sun - gods . Christ was ...
Contents
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should be Mentally HonestHe should be Intellectually Hospitable | 110 |
Minor CrimesA Penitentiary should be a SchoolProfessional | 115 |
Blessings we enjoy Whom should we Thank?What Good has | 159 |
1886 | 211 |
Hell Pity in Heaven or Mercy in the Heart of GodVIII | 239 |
1895 | 246 |
SUPERSTITION | 290 |
the Idea of a Devil ProducedOther Devils than OursNatural | 394 |
cerning All Departments of LifeChanged Ideas about Science Gov | 404 |
RevolutionThe African Slave Trade its Beginning and End | 423 |
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Page 230 - Tis not enough to help the feeble up, But to support him after.
Page 244 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 388 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 219 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue: if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by And leave you hindmost...
Page 374 - And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. ' 10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him. 11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well- pleased.
Page 389 - And I saw an Angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.