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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... present time , when such systematic and strenu- ous efforts are made , as well in this country as in Eu- rope , to unsettle the public mind upon the great and fun- damental doctrines of religion , and produce a state of the most ...
... present time , when such systematic and strenu- ous efforts are made , as well in this country as in Eu- rope , to unsettle the public mind upon the great and fun- damental doctrines of religion , and produce a state of the most ...
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... presents the most power- ful , logical , and convincing train of reasoning to the read- er , clothed in the most lucid , harmonious , and engaging style - and whether regarded in its matter , or its manner , it may , I think , be said ...
... presents the most power- ful , logical , and convincing train of reasoning to the read- er , clothed in the most lucid , harmonious , and engaging style - and whether regarded in its matter , or its manner , it may , I think , be said ...
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... present day , he saw with deep re- gret , vice assuming a great degree of boldness , and per- ceived , that a daring spirit of infidelity had , to a considerable extent , not only rejected the truths of revelation , but even denied or ...
... present day , he saw with deep re- gret , vice assuming a great degree of boldness , and per- ceived , that a daring spirit of infidelity had , to a considerable extent , not only rejected the truths of revelation , but even denied or ...
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... present course , by another on the Christian Revelation ; but what he has already done , has occupied so much time , and caused the suspension of so many duties , that , if he should deem it requisite to resume the subject , some time ...
... present course , by another on the Christian Revelation ; but what he has already done , has occupied so much time , and caused the suspension of so many duties , that , if he should deem it requisite to resume the subject , some time ...
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... present time Address on the proposed method - to Christians- to Unbelievers THE ARGUMENT STATED . The great point of Controversy - on this Atheism cannot obtain Certainty - Concessions to this Effect ( Note ) PRESUMPTIVE PROOFS ...
... present time Address on the proposed method - to Christians- to Unbelievers THE ARGUMENT STATED . The great point of Controversy - on this Atheism cannot obtain Certainty - Concessions to this Effect ( Note ) PRESUMPTIVE PROOFS ...
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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.