The Corner-stone: Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian TruthW. Peirce, 1834 - 360 pages |
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... look here for additions to his stock of religious knowledge . If I had had any new and peculiar views of any portion of divine truth , I should not have brought them forward in this volume ; for it is the elements only of Christianity ...
... look here for additions to his stock of religious knowledge . If I had had any new and peculiar views of any portion of divine truth , I should not have brought them forward in this volume ; for it is the elements only of Christianity ...
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... the history of the child Jesus , that we may look a little into this subject . It is not an easy one It will require patient thought and close Survey of the Universe . The proper station . The 2 * Ch . 1. ] 17 THE DEITY .
... the history of the child Jesus , that we may look a little into this subject . It is not an easy one It will require patient thought and close Survey of the Universe . The proper station . The 2 * Ch . 1. ] 17 THE DEITY .
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... look within and around you , and to send forth your conceptions far away in the regions into which I shall attempt to guide them . And above all remember that if ever you need divine assistance , it is when you attempt to look into the ...
... look within and around you , and to send forth your conceptions far away in the regions into which I shall attempt to guide them . And above all remember that if ever you need divine assistance , it is when you attempt to look into the ...
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... look at it in detail . Do you see yon moon - like looking planet , gliding al- most imperceptibly towards us on its way ? From that portion of its surface which is turned towards the sun , it reflects to us a silvery light , while the ...
... look at it in detail . Do you see yon moon - like looking planet , gliding al- most imperceptibly towards us on its way ? From that portion of its surface which is turned towards the sun , it reflects to us a silvery light , while the ...
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... look in every direction through this magnificent scene , we behold proofs of the active presence of the Deity in it all , but there is no material temple , no throne , no monarch with visible tokens of majesty . In fact if there was any ...
... look in every direction through this magnificent scene , we behold proofs of the active presence of the Deity in it all , but there is no material temple , no throne , no monarch with visible tokens of majesty . In fact if there was any ...
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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?