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... happiness of human love , led straight to hell . They knew that God was doing his best to make you take the path and that the Devil used every art to keep you in the road . They knew that there was a perpetual battle waged between the ...
... happiness of human love , led straight to hell . They knew that God was doing his best to make you take the path and that the Devil used every art to keep you in the road . They knew that there was a perpetual battle waged between the ...
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... will increase his power . He will satisfy his wants , grat- ify his tastes . He will put roof and raiment , food and fuel , home and happiness within the reach of all . He will drive want and crime from the world . 78 THE TRUTH .
... will increase his power . He will satisfy his wants , grat- ify his tastes . He will put roof and raiment , food and fuel , home and happiness within the reach of all . He will drive want and crime from the world . 78 THE TRUTH .
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... happiness here . Man will find that Nature is the only revelation , and that he , by his own efforts , must learn to read the stories told by star and cloud , by rock and soil , by sea and stream , by rain and fire , by plant and flower ...
... happiness here . Man will find that Nature is the only revelation , and that he , by his own efforts , must learn to read the stories told by star and cloud , by rock and soil , by sea and stream , by rain and fire , by plant and flower ...
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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.