On authority in the institution of ordinances and the minor arrangements of the Christian ChurchBlackwood & Sons, 1878 - 22 pages |
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... thought unbecoming and frivolous in others . In hot climates , for instance , in former times , the Church may have thought it necessary to baptise by immersion , but in colder climates and large Christian communities , such a practice ...
... thought unbecoming and frivolous in others . In hot climates , for instance , in former times , the Church may have thought it necessary to baptise by immersion , but in colder climates and large Christian communities , such a practice ...
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... thoughts to the occasion or the performers , than raise the desires and aspirations to that God who demands the homage and love of every heart . The rich dresses of priests , the incense rising from altars , the processions of white ...
... thoughts to the occasion or the performers , than raise the desires and aspirations to that God who demands the homage and love of every heart . The rich dresses of priests , the incense rising from altars , the processions of white ...
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... thought as the service proceeds , any more than it is necessary that all the flowers of a garden should be of one fragrance or one hue , or all the instru- ments of music give forth one sound . On the con- trary , it is the very glory ...
... thought as the service proceeds , any more than it is necessary that all the flowers of a garden should be of one fragrance or one hue , or all the instru- ments of music give forth one sound . On the con- trary , it is the very glory ...
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... thought , the child may be secretly breathing its prayers or hymns , and the mourner recounting his sorrows , and the penitent seeking pardon and peace , and the weary and unsatisfied seeking rest , and the whole hallowed assembly full ...
... thought , the child may be secretly breathing its prayers or hymns , and the mourner recounting his sorrows , and the penitent seeking pardon and peace , and the weary and unsatisfied seeking rest , and the whole hallowed assembly full ...
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Page 6 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 5 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 5 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them; Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 6 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 5 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 5 - Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 16 - Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness
Page 5 - And to show that a descending authority was recognised by the apostles, after the ascension of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit, Paul writes thus in his Epistles : " And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
Page 12 - Pharisees who have so long been engaged in tithing mint, anise, and cumin, while neglecting the weightier matters of the law, — judgment, mercy, and faith.