The Christian philosopherE.C. Biddle, 1840 |
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... hand , have been disposed to treat scien- tific knowledge , in its relation to religion , with a degree of indifference bordering upon contempt . Both these disposi- tions are equally foolish and preposterous . For he who exalts human ...
... hand , have been disposed to treat scien- tific knowledge , in its relation to religion , with a degree of indifference bordering upon contempt . Both these disposi- tions are equally foolish and preposterous . For he who exalts human ...
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... hand , though the light of nature is of itself a feeble and insufficient guide to direct us in our views of the Supreme Intelligence , and of our eternal des- tination , yet it is a most dangerous and delusive error to imagine , that ...
... hand , though the light of nature is of itself a feeble and insufficient guide to direct us in our views of the Supreme Intelligence , and of our eternal des- tination , yet it is a most dangerous and delusive error to imagine , that ...
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... hands ; and that their religion ( if it may be so called ) consists merely in a farrago of abstract opinions , or in an empty name . If , then , it be admitted , that it is essentially requisite , as the foundation of religion , to have ...
... hands ; and that their religion ( if it may be so called ) consists merely in a farrago of abstract opinions , or in an empty name . If , then , it be admitted , that it is essentially requisite , as the foundation of religion , to have ...
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... hand , who weigheth the mountains in scales , and hangeth the earth upon nothing ! " It is essentially requisite , before proceeding to the survey of objects and magnitudes of a superior order , that we should endeavour , by such a ...
... hand , who weigheth the mountains in scales , and hangeth the earth upon nothing ! " It is essentially requisite , before proceeding to the survey of objects and magnitudes of a superior order , that we should endeavour , by such a ...
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... hand is become glorious in power ! the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ! " If we consider the immense number of bodies thus impelled through the vast spaces of the universe - the rapidity with which the comets , when near the sun , are ...
... hand is become glorious in power ! the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ! " If we consider the immense number of bodies thus impelled through the vast spaces of the universe - the rapidity with which the comets , when near the sun , are ...
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Page 168 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 320 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 319 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 53 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 268 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 241 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 56 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 296 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 24 - All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord : And thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power ; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, And the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Page 72 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst.