Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and StateJudd & Detweiler, 1906 - 227 pages |
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Samuel Spahr Laws. POLYGAMY AND CITIZENSHIP IN CHURCH AND STATE BY SAMUEL SPAHR LAWS , D. D. , LL . D. Εκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω , καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα EXETW . - Let each man have his own wife , and let each woman have her ...
Samuel Spahr Laws. POLYGAMY AND CITIZENSHIP IN CHURCH AND STATE BY SAMUEL SPAHR LAWS , D. D. , LL . D. Εκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω , καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα EXETW . - Let each man have his own wife , and let each woman have her ...
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... . 159 CHAPTER XV . Japan - China - India .. 172 CHAPTER XVI . The Position of the Churches .... 188 CHAPTER XVII . Indians and Mormons .. 200 CHAPTER XVIII . Conclusion .... 215 POLYGAMY AND CITIZENSHIP IN CHURCH AND STATE . CHAPTER I. 8.
... . 159 CHAPTER XV . Japan - China - India .. 172 CHAPTER XVI . The Position of the Churches .... 188 CHAPTER XVII . Indians and Mormons .. 200 CHAPTER XVIII . Conclusion .... 215 POLYGAMY AND CITIZENSHIP IN CHURCH AND STATE . CHAPTER I. 8.
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... church at Luebo , Africa : " Now what I did say was this : We have a few men in our African Church who have two wives . There are perhaps not more than fifteen or twenty in the over two thousand membership . Throughout the history of ...
... church at Luebo , Africa : " Now what I did say was this : We have a few men in our African Church who have two wives . There are perhaps not more than fifteen or twenty in the over two thousand membership . Throughout the history of ...
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... church . Two of their communications on the subject having come into my hands , I have typewritten copies of them . In your commendable inquiry as to the responsibility of this astounding condition of things , you raise the question as ...
... church . Two of their communications on the subject having come into my hands , I have typewritten copies of them . In your commendable inquiry as to the responsibility of this astounding condition of things , you raise the question as ...
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Page 85 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 78 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped or known, Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 87 - Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 122 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 138 - Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience.
Page 110 - Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him ? But ye have dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
Page 193 - Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord ; for there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife ; and concubines he shall have none; for I, the Lord God, delighteth in the chastity of women.
Page 108 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 20 - Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.