Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and StateJudd & Detweiler, 1906 - 227 pages |
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... rule of faith and practice ; the reality , the necessity and duty and efficacy of prayer , espe- cially of united prayer . I say such truths as these , because I do not mean the list to be in any way ex- haustive . " ( Centenary ...
... rule of faith and practice ; the reality , the necessity and duty and efficacy of prayer , espe- cially of united prayer . I say such truths as these , because I do not mean the list to be in any way ex- haustive . " ( Centenary ...
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... rule . PLEASE NOTE . ( 1 ) The preamble shows that this overture does not confine attention to the foreign missions , but con- templates the whole world wherever the gospel is preached and polygamy is found . But the overture is ...
... rule . PLEASE NOTE . ( 1 ) The preamble shows that this overture does not confine attention to the foreign missions , but con- templates the whole world wherever the gospel is preached and polygamy is found . But the overture is ...
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... be to set the loafer to work . As a rule , the described horrors of separation as thus contemplated are an utter fiction and fraud . The church is bound to come to some such position as this overture , or lose its purity and power 49.
... be to set the loafer to work . As a rule , the described horrors of separation as thus contemplated are an utter fiction and fraud . The church is bound to come to some such position as this overture , or lose its purity and power 49.
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... ( Rules of Discipline , §§ 145 , 146 , 152. ) To attempt to saddle upon the separation from a polyga- mous and adulterous life , provided for in this overture , our just condemnation of the divorce practice , so lamentably rife in our ...
... ( Rules of Discipline , §§ 145 , 146 , 152. ) To attempt to saddle upon the separation from a polyga- mous and adulterous life , provided for in this overture , our just condemnation of the divorce practice , so lamentably rife in our ...
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... rule of naturalization . " This , in view of the vast immigration to our shores , has a tremendous sweep . Now : suppose that Congress should enact generally that those naturalized should renounce all allegiance to any and every foreign ...
... rule of naturalization . " This , in view of the vast immigration to our shores , has a tremendous sweep . Now : suppose that Congress should enact generally that those naturalized should renounce all allegiance to any and every foreign ...
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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.