The Corner-stone: Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian TruthW. Peirce, 1835 - 360 pages |
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... course was left but to promise to read this volume with careful attention . Thankful am I for the occurrence which led me to do so ; nor less for an equally unsought for train of things , which brought to me some information concerning ...
... course was left but to promise to read this volume with careful attention . Thankful am I for the occurrence which led me to do so ; nor less for an equally unsought for train of things , which brought to me some information concerning ...
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... course . and reflecting from its surface a uniform and silvery light . As the last breath of its atmosphere draws off from us , it leaves us in the midst of universal night , with a sky extending without interruption all around us , and ...
... course . and reflecting from its surface a uniform and silvery light . As the last breath of its atmosphere draws off from us , it leaves us in the midst of universal night , with a sky extending without interruption all around us , and ...
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... course the nature of the manifestation which is made will depend upon the nature of the works . In the structure of a solar system , with its blazing centre and revolving worlds , the Deity , invisible itself , acts out its mighty power ...
... course the nature of the manifestation which is made will depend upon the nature of the works . In the structure of a solar system , with its blazing centre and revolving worlds , the Deity , invisible itself , acts out its mighty power ...
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... course , and he accordingly will carry them through . Men sometimes exhibit firmness and decision in carrying out a plan , which is on the whole for the best ; but if we will look around us at the works of Providence , which invite our ...
... course , and he accordingly will carry them through . Men sometimes exhibit firmness and decision in carrying out a plan , which is on the whole for the best ; but if we will look around us at the works of Providence , which invite our ...
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... course . have a hearing in due time . Thou shalt Such cases as the above , are rather cases of moral arrangements carried out firmly to their end , than exam- ples of the execution of the penalties of a moral law . I do not bring ...
... course . have a hearing in due time . Thou shalt Such cases as the above , are rather cases of moral arrangements carried out firmly to their end , than exam- ples of the execution of the penalties of a moral law . I do not bring ...
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Page 235 - And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
Page 222 - Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast hath devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Page 152 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
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 170 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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 xvii - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 119 - As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Page 235 - Jesus answered, I have told you that I am He: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: that the saying might be fulfilled, which He spake, Of them which Thou gavest me have I lost none.
Page 235 - Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye ? They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am He.