The Evidences of Christianity in Their External Or Historical Division: Exhibited in a Course of LecturesAmerican Tract Society, 1832 - 526 pages |
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... hands of those who unhappily have taken up with sentiments opposed to the gospel of Christ . There is a mass and a solemnity of strength in the evidences of Christi- anity , when properly presented — there is visible upon them so ...
... hands of those who unhappily have taken up with sentiments opposed to the gospel of Christ . There is a mass and a solemnity of strength in the evidences of Christi- anity , when properly presented — there is visible upon them so ...
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... hand , of contributing something to promote the improvement and everlasting happiness of those to whom I may have the pleasure of speaking . The present lecture will be exclusively of an introductory kind . I pause at the threshold in ...
... hand , of contributing something to promote the improvement and everlasting happiness of those to whom I may have the pleasure of speaking . The present lecture will be exclusively of an introductory kind . I pause at the threshold in ...
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... hand , if Christianity be not of divine origin , it is no religion ; its essential doctrines must be false ; its whole structure baseless . Suppose then for a moment that such were the case , what could we sub- stitute for the gospel ...
... hand , if Christianity be not of divine origin , it is no religion ; its essential doctrines must be false ; its whole structure baseless . Suppose then for a moment that such were the case , what could we sub- stitute for the gospel ...
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... hand , and of Atheism on th other , and is to be found somewhere between these twc infinitely distant extremes ; never stationary , changing place with the times ; accommodating its character to the disposition of every disciple , and ...
... hand , and of Atheism on th other , and is to be found somewhere between these twc infinitely distant extremes ; never stationary , changing place with the times ; accommodating its character to the disposition of every disciple , and ...
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... hands of the enemy No age has encountered her advance with such a dangerous variety of force , or with a more boastful confidence of success , than the present . And yet , in none since that of the primitive Christians , has her triumph ...
... hands of the enemy No age has encountered her advance with such a dangerous variety of force , or with a more boastful confidence of success , than the present . And yet , in none since that of the primitive Christians , has her triumph ...
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Page 306 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 255 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation ; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 288 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 209 - And his fame went throughout all Syria : and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; and he healed them.
Page 404 - For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 281 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Page 318 - Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken : and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Page 165 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Page 77 - Sun-day" all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits ; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Page 342 - Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.