The Corner-stone: Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian TruthW. Peirce, 1834 - 360 pages |
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... Faith necessary . Difference between faith and belief . The electric machine . Christian faith . Doubts and fears . The way to find peace . Justified by the law . Lasting effects of sin Example . The sinning child . Change in his moral ...
... Faith necessary . Difference between faith and belief . The electric machine . Christian faith . Doubts and fears . The way to find peace . Justified by the law . Lasting effects of sin Example . The sinning child . Change in his moral ...
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... Faith . Meekness . Temperance . Other occurrences at the interview . The Lord's supper . The Sa- vior's view of ceremonies . Forms and feelings . Baptism . The rainbow . Ceremonies symbolical . Monuments . A contrast . The pyramids and ...
... Faith . Meekness . Temperance . Other occurrences at the interview . The Lord's supper . The Sa- vior's view of ceremonies . Forms and feelings . Baptism . The rainbow . Ceremonies symbolical . Monuments . A contrast . The pyramids and ...
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... faith ever did , or ever will , take place in one sinner's heart , without the gracious and almighty in- fluence of the Holy Spirit . But the sentiments which , to my under- same " standing , the author wishes to inculcate , xviii ...
... faith ever did , or ever will , take place in one sinner's heart , without the gracious and almighty in- fluence of the Holy Spirit . But the sentiments which , to my under- same " standing , the author wishes to inculcate , xviii ...
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... faith and holiness of life , possess sufficient grounds for the practice of a univer- sal communion of saints , in common assemblings for prayer , in broth- erly interchanges of ministerial service , and in the participation of the Holy ...
... faith and holiness of life , possess sufficient grounds for the practice of a univer- sal communion of saints , in common assemblings for prayer , in broth- erly interchanges of ministerial service , and in the participation of the Holy ...
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... faith . They have imbibed those misconceptions in early years ; and subsequent circumstances have contributed to strengthen thein . For some of those circumstances , of no trivial power to confirm prejudice , we have to blame ourselves ...
... faith . They have imbibed those misconceptions in early years ; and subsequent circumstances have contributed to strengthen thein . For some of those circumstances , of no trivial power to confirm prejudice , we have to blame ourselves ...
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Page 219 - And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
Page 189 - Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Page xviii - No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Page 199 - And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name ; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not : for he that is not against us, is for us.
Page 191 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 21 - And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south; 64.
Page 168 - After asserting that the blood of bulls and of goats could not take away sin, he adds, Then said I, Lo I come to do thy will, O God.
Page 171 - Children, taught as they should be from early infancy, know and feel that it is an evil and bitter thing to sin against God, and that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are paths of peace. "Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Page 197 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. ... He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me...
Page 189 - Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?