The Spirit-rapper: An AutobiographyLittle, Brown, 1854 - 402 pages |
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Page 383 - I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Page 80 - The fiend that man harries Is love of the Best ; Yawns the pit of the Dragon, Lit by rays from the Blest. The Lethe of Nature Can't trance him again, Whose soul sees the perfect, Which his eyes seek in vain.
Page 12 - TRAVELS OF AN IRISH GENTLEMAN, IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION. With Notes and Illustrations. By the Editor of Captain Rock's Memoirs.
Page 9 - Keenan (Rev. Stephen). Controversial Catechism ; or, Protestantism refuted and Catholicism established by an appeal to the Holy Scriptures, the testimony of the Holy Fathers, and the dictates of Reason ; in which such portions of Scheffmacher's Catechism as suit modern Controversy are embodied.
Page 19 - Missal for the Use of the Laity, with the Masses for all days throughout the year, according to the Roman Missal ; and those for the English Saints in their respective places, newly arranged and in great measure translated by the Very Rev.
Page 196 - We preach Christ crucified to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness ; but to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 6 - Duties and Happiness of Domestic Service ; or, a Sister of Mercy giving Instructions to the Inmates of the House of Mercy placed under her care.
Page 196 - ... the foolish things of the world hath God chosen that He may confound the wise, and the weak things of the world hath God chosen that He may confound the strong.
Page 4 - Canons and Decrees of the Sacred and (Ecumenical Council of Trent, celebrated under the Sovereign Pontiffs Paul III., Julius III., and Pius IV. Translated by the Rev.
Page 9 - A Compendium of Ancient and Modern History, with Questions adapted to the Use of Schools and Academies ; also an Appendix, containing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, a Biographical Sketch of Eminent Personages, with a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, Discoveries, Improvements, &c.