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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... moral grandeur with which it appears in evidence of Christianity , can be appreci- ated only by a full view of the immense scheme and extent of the prophecies in the Bible , 248 The fulfilment of a selection of miscellaneous prophecies ...
... moral grandeur with which it appears in evidence of Christianity , can be appreci- ated only by a full view of the immense scheme and extent of the prophecies in the Bible , 248 The fulfilment of a selection of miscellaneous prophecies ...
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... moral condition of the world at the first publi- cation of the gospel , 1. The religion of the heathen in the age of the apostles , 2. The spirit of cruelty that reigned among them , 3. Their degrading vices , • 364 365 • 368 · 372 The ...
... moral condition of the world at the first publi- cation of the gospel , 1. The religion of the heathen in the age of the apostles , 2. The spirit of cruelty that reigned among them , 3. Their degrading vices , • 364 365 • 368 · 372 The ...
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... moral transformations which the gospel in all ages has noto- riously wrought , cannot be accounted for but on the supposition of a divine power accompanying its operations , 406 2. The fruits of Christianity in the lives of its genuine ...
... moral transformations which the gospel in all ages has noto- riously wrought , cannot be accounted for but on the supposition of a divine power accompanying its operations , 406 2. The fruits of Christianity in the lives of its genuine ...
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... moral obligation . Substitute Deism for Christianity , and none ac- quainted with the nature or history of man can help acknowledging , that as to all the beneficial influence of religion upon the heart and life , in promoting either ...
... moral obligation . Substitute Deism for Christianity , and none ac- quainted with the nature or history of man can help acknowledging , that as to all the beneficial influence of religion upon the heart and life , in promoting either ...
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... Morality was carried by a man notorious as a professor of Atheism . But all would not do . The great principle of religion was wanting . There was no devotional spirit . The body was dead , and therefore soon tumbled to dust . A short ...
... Morality was carried by a man notorious as a professor of Atheism . But all would not do . The great principle of religion was wanting . There was no devotional spirit . The body was dead , and therefore soon tumbled to dust . A short ...
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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.