Lectures on the Atheistic Controversy: Delivered in the Months of February and March, 1834, at Sion Chapel, Bradford, Yorkshire. Forming the First Part of a Course of Lectures on InfidelityHilliard, Gray, 1835 - 350 pages |
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... means lost . He frequently wished , that some one qualified for the undertaking would step forward in the cause of truth , and endeavor , by a reference to nature , and an ap- peal to reason , to stop the progress of errors so perni ...
... means lost . He frequently wished , that some one qualified for the undertaking would step forward in the cause of truth , and endeavor , by a reference to nature , and an ap- peal to reason , to stop the progress of errors so perni ...
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... means deprecates the honorable criti- cism of friends , nor wishes to escape the most searching investigations of the unbeliever . He has no doubt but the practised eye will discover marks of haste ; he hopes , however , that the ...
... means deprecates the honorable criti- cism of friends , nor wishes to escape the most searching investigations of the unbeliever . He has no doubt but the practised eye will discover marks of haste ; he hopes , however , that the ...
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... means either of prevention or cure . It was the author's intention to follow up the present course , by another on ... mean time , he earnestly implores the Divine blessing on this attempt . Bowling Cottage , Bradford , Yorkshire , Oct ...
... means either of prevention or cure . It was the author's intention to follow up the present course , by another on ... mean time , he earnestly implores the Divine blessing on this attempt . Bowling Cottage , Bradford , Yorkshire , Oct ...
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... Means of Enjoyment common to both - Sources of Happiness peculiar to each Concluding Address - to Atheistic Hearers - to Parents and Guardians - to Professing Chris- tians to Youth - to Townsmen - 327 - 337 LECTURE I PRELIMINARY REMARKS ...
... Means of Enjoyment common to both - Sources of Happiness peculiar to each Concluding Address - to Atheistic Hearers - to Parents and Guardians - to Professing Chris- tians to Youth - to Townsmen - 327 - 337 LECTURE I PRELIMINARY REMARKS ...
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... of this description ; they are assailed at once by the ingenuity of argument and the boldness of assertion , and if they have no means of reply , will they not be , not only staggered , but led , 8 [ LECT . I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS .
... of this description ; they are assailed at once by the ingenuity of argument and the boldness of assertion , and if they have no means of reply , will they not be , not only staggered , but led , 8 [ LECT . I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS .
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Page 170 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 170 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 239 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold! thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea : Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 63 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, Earth and Heaven !) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime : here, hand in hand, Sit paramount the Graces ; here enthroned, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Page 9 - The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed : 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Page 90 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 249 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 90 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 10 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 219 - The intermixture of distinct species is guarded against by the aversion of the individuals composing them to sexual union, or by the sterility of the mule offspring. It does not appear that true hybrid races have ever been perpetuated for several generations, even by the assistance of man; for the cases usually cited relate to the crossing of mules with individuals of pure species, and not to the intermixture of hybrid with hybrid.