The Works of Orville Dewey, D.D. ...Simms and M'Intyre, 1844 - 887 pages |
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... sure , partly because they are fitted to unfold a moral character where no credit has usually been given for it , and because , too , they present at once universal and disinterested manifestations of human feeling - let not these ...
... sure , partly because they are fitted to unfold a moral character where no credit has usually been given for it , and because , too , they present at once universal and disinterested manifestations of human feeling - let not these ...
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... sure as we read , that there was no one tone . He did not confine himself to any one class of subjects . He was not always speaking of death , nor of judgment , nor of eternity ; frequently and solemnly as he spoke of them . He was not ...
... sure as we read , that there was no one tone . He did not confine himself to any one class of subjects . He was not always speaking of death , nor of judgment , nor of eternity ; frequently and solemnly as he spoke of them . He was not ...
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... sure that many would answer freely and decidedly , " No , religion is not a thing that we love . We cannot say that we take that sort of interest in it . We do not profess to be religious , and -honestly - we do not wish to be . " What ...
... sure that many would answer freely and decidedly , " No , religion is not a thing that we love . We cannot say that we take that sort of interest in it . We do not profess to be religious , and -honestly - we do not wish to be . " What ...
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... sure and substantial . But a certain view of religion , a certain state of mind , is a thing of shadow - an abstraction vanishing into nothing . The worldly wise man admits that it may be well enough for some people ; at any rate he ...
... sure and substantial . But a certain view of religion , a certain state of mind , is a thing of shadow - an abstraction vanishing into nothing . The worldly wise man admits that it may be well enough for some people ; at any rate he ...
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... sure . And so it is in this life , that luxury and show , fashion and out- ward beauty , worldly pursuits and possessions attract the eyes of men , and they know not the treasure that is hidden in every human soul . Yes , the treasure ...
... sure . And so it is in this life , that luxury and show , fashion and out- ward beauty , worldly pursuits and possessions attract the eyes of men , and they know not the treasure that is hidden in every human soul . Yes , the treasure ...
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Page 121 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 507 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 148 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 573 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Page 183 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 451 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 81 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 469 - Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,) that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world; but now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Page 433 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 502 - Toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead (and set him at his own right hand, in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but in that which is to come.