Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 9James Miller, 1830 |
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... never intended but to be held up in terrorem , appears to have made it a dead let- ter from the beginning ; for we do not find that it was ever en- forced , or appealed to , in a single instance . Such was the law at the adoption of the ...
... never intended but to be held up in terrorem , appears to have made it a dead let- ter from the beginning ; for we do not find that it was ever en- forced , or appealed to , in a single instance . Such was the law at the adoption of the ...
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... never led to anything like a dismemberment of the sect . But , in 1814 and 1815 , several publications appeared , impeaching the orthodoxy of some of the Congregational clergy , and accusing them of practising dis- honest concealments ...
... never led to anything like a dismemberment of the sect . But , in 1814 and 1815 , several publications appeared , impeaching the orthodoxy of some of the Congregational clergy , and accusing them of practising dis- honest concealments ...
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this reason it ought never to be attempted by the Legislature.- But if a whole town can be convinced , notwithstanding the dif- ference in their tastes and opinions , that it is advisable for them to unite in the support of religious ...
this reason it ought never to be attempted by the Legislature.- But if a whole town can be convinced , notwithstanding the dif- ference in their tastes and opinions , that it is advisable for them to unite in the support of religious ...
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... never to signify eternity . A sense of spiritu- ality , as well as of period , state of being , or duration , is at- tached to this word in the more ancient Greek ; and it is but reasonable to believe , that it was used in the ...
... never to signify eternity . A sense of spiritu- ality , as well as of period , state of being , or duration , is at- tached to this word in the more ancient Greek ; and it is but reasonable to believe , that it was used in the ...
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... never can mean spiritual . I be- lieve , however , that Professor Stuart himself would be hardly willing to translate avis , in these two last texts , by the word eternal , ready as he seems to be to translate it so , wherever he can ...
... never can mean spiritual . I be- lieve , however , that Professor Stuart himself would be hardly willing to translate avis , in these two last texts , by the word eternal , ready as he seems to be to translate it so , wherever he can ...
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Page 35 - Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list ! — If thou didst ever thy dear father love, Ham.
Page 181 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 126 - And whereas it is just and reasonable, and essential to Our Interest, and the Security of Our Colonies, that the several Nations or Tribes of Indians, with whom We are connected, and who live under Our Protection, should not be molested or disturbed in the Possession of such Parts of Our Dominions and Territories as, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us, are reserved to them or any of them, as their Hunting Grounds...
Page 39 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 8 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing ; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord God Almighty.
Page 33 - Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit scareheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 374 - I asked my man if it was usual in Greece to give names to the sheep: he informed me that it was, and that the sheep obeyed the shepherd when he called them by their names. This morning I had an opportunity of verifying the truth of this remark. Passing by a flock of sheep, I asked the shepherd the same question which I had put to my servant and he gave me the same answer.
Page 113 - An act to provide for an exchange of lands, with the Indians residing in any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi...
Page 181 - Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man!
Page 374 - I then bade him to call one of his sheep : he did so, and it instantly left its pasturage and its companions, and ran up to the hand of the shepherd with signs of pleasure, and with a prompt obedience which I had never before observed in any other annual. It is also true of the sheep in this country, that a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.