Memoirs, Including Letters, and Select Remains, of John Urquhart, Late of the University of St. Andrew's, Volume 1Crocker and Brewster, 1828 - 270 pages |
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... feeling myself capable of answering them ; but regarding them as of high importance in connexion with the existing machi- nery of religion . I feel the more anxious to solicit attention to this subject on two accounts . The wide spread ...
... feeling myself capable of answering them ; but regarding them as of high importance in connexion with the existing machi- nery of religion . I feel the more anxious to solicit attention to this subject on two accounts . The wide spread ...
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... But , still looking at the thousands of teachers employed , and the tens of thousands who are taught , it is impossible not to feel regret that the extent of spiritual benefit produced is compara- tively so 14 MEMOIRS OF.
... But , still looking at the thousands of teachers employed , and the tens of thousands who are taught , it is impossible not to feel regret that the extent of spiritual benefit produced is compara- tively so 14 MEMOIRS OF.
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... feel that a large portion of the rising generation are otherwise employed than themselves . The habit of attending public worship , which is so prevalent in the northern part of the island , af- fords facilities for carrying on the ...
... feel that a large portion of the rising generation are otherwise employed than themselves . The habit of attending public worship , which is so prevalent in the northern part of the island , af- fords facilities for carrying on the ...
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... - hood in the kingdom of heaven , by uniting us in brotherly association on earth . All our religious institutions ought to be in harmony with this de- 1 sign . There is too much of aristocratic feeling 18 MEMOIRS OF.
... - hood in the kingdom of heaven , by uniting us in brotherly association on earth . All our religious institutions ought to be in harmony with this de- 1 sign . There is too much of aristocratic feeling 18 MEMOIRS OF.
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William Orme. 1 sign . There is too much of aristocratic feeling in religion and its operations , as well as in other things . 1 need not say , that the religion of Jesus knows nothing of it . According to its statements , all are ...
William Orme. 1 sign . There is too much of aristocratic feeling in religion and its operations , as well as in other things . 1 need not say , that the religion of Jesus knows nothing of it . According to its statements , all are ...
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Page 134 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee ; His visage was so marred more than any man, And his form more than the sons of men...
Page 64 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 11 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 204 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Page 192 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 144 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 171 - EVERY man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.
Page 132 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 61 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 134 - Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire : and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.