Brownson's Quarterly Review, Volume 4Orestes Augustus Brownson Benjamin H. Greene, 1850 |
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... Divine Being , who , as not subjected to the accidents of space and time , has and can have no history . But waiving this , the author's theory of history is inconsistent with itself . He is , like Buchez and Leroux , a devout believer ...
... Divine Being , who , as not subjected to the accidents of space and time , has and can have no history . But waiving this , the author's theory of history is inconsistent with itself . He is , like Buchez and Leroux , a devout believer ...
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... Divine activity , I perceive only the activity , and never the Efficient Cause , which is the Divine Substance . Will any one pretend that he has seen God directly ? Does not the very fact of our possessing a notion of efficiency prove ...
... Divine activity , I perceive only the activity , and never the Efficient Cause , which is the Divine Substance . Will any one pretend that he has seen God directly ? Does not the very fact of our possessing a notion of efficiency prove ...
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... Divine Will must have been preceded by the possibility of that act , else it could not have taken place . This possibility is independent of the Divine Will , for it is anterior to the very first act of that Will , and is , indeed ...
... Divine Will must have been preceded by the possibility of that act , else it could not have taken place . This possibility is independent of the Divine Will , for it is anterior to the very first act of that Will , and is , indeed ...
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... Divine Essence as ancient and as remote as is the source of the Divine Will itself : beings whose actions he cannot control by his Will , because the Will of God is subsequent in the order of nature to the sublime ground which is the ...
... Divine Essence as ancient and as remote as is the source of the Divine Will itself : beings whose actions he cannot control by his Will , because the Will of God is subsequent in the order of nature to the sublime ground which is the ...
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... Divine Will , from potentiality into actuality . " Then the leading forth from po- tentiality into actuality must be equivalent to creation out of nothing . The assertion of creation out of nothing does not mean that nothing creates ...
... Divine Will , from potentiality into actuality . " Then the leading forth from po- tentiality into actuality must be equivalent to creation out of nothing . The assertion of creation out of nothing does not mean that nothing creates ...
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Page 100 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire, — that were low indeed ! That were an ignominy...
Page 98 - Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 443 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Page 430 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me,
Page 445 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness...
Page 507 - ... territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years.
Page 68 - and died away into silence. Then he beheld, in a dream, once more the home of his childhood ; Green Acadian meadows, with sylvan rivers among them, Village, and mountain, and woodlands ; and, walking under their shadow, As in the days of her youth, Evangeline rose in his vision. Tears came into his eyes ; and as slowly he lifted his eyelids, Vanished the vision away, but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion...
Page 68 - Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking. Then through those realms of shade, in multiplied reverberations, Heard he that cry of pain, and through the hush that succeeded Whispered a gentle voice, in accents tender and saint-like, '• Gabriel ! O my beloved !
Page 59 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses I Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows.
Page 68 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured, "Father, I thank thee!