The life of the rev. Joseph Blanco White, written by himself. Ed. by J.H. Thom, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 57
Page 13
... able to leave my room since Monday evening .. -Nevertheless I thank God that I suffer without despondency . I have been this moment thinking of my dissolution . My feelings are free from fear on that score , and I trust they will be so ...
... able to leave my room since Monday evening .. -Nevertheless I thank God that I suffer without despondency . I have been this moment thinking of my dissolution . My feelings are free from fear on that score , and I trust they will be so ...
Page 21
... able ministers of the New Testa- ment ; not of the letter ; but of the spirit ; for the let- ter killeth , but the Spirit giveth life . But what shall we say of the Old Testament ? — The Old Testament is a collection of venerable ...
... able ministers of the New Testa- ment ; not of the letter ; but of the spirit ; for the let- ter killeth , but the Spirit giveth life . But what shall we say of the Old Testament ? — The Old Testament is a collection of venerable ...
Page 22
... able to look into a book , much less to write . I have been considering how little Theological doctrine most of Paul's epistles contain . - I am more and more convinced that the teaching of the apostles ( especially Paul's ) consisted ...
... able to look into a book , much less to write . I have been considering how little Theological doctrine most of Paul's epistles contain . - I am more and more convinced that the teaching of the apostles ( especially Paul's ) consisted ...
Page 28
... able to bring the whole into better keeping . It certainly wants finishing . But I can neither delay the publication , nor bestow much more time upon it . I commit it to Providence , without The eight preceding weeks were to me full of ...
... able to bring the whole into better keeping . It certainly wants finishing . But I can neither delay the publication , nor bestow much more time upon it . I commit it to Providence , without The eight preceding weeks were to me full of ...
Page 34
... able . Still more desirable would it be to have Monasteries , where Christians should pass their lives in singing psalms , in meditation , in pious reading— to which if they added preaching , and visiting the poor and sick , and fasting ...
... able . Still more desirable would it be to have Monasteries , where Christians should pass their lives in singing psalms , in meditation , in pious reading— to which if they added preaching , and visiting the poor and sick , and fasting ...
Common terms and phrases
acquainted allow ANDREWS NORTON answer Archbishop Archbishop of Dublin Articles believe Bibliolatry BLANCO WHITE body called character Chesterfield Street Christ Christianity Church of England circumstances conceive conviction convinced dear Miss dear Sir declared Deity Divines doctrines Dublin duty English error established evil existence expressed external Faith faithfully favour fear feel George Armstrong German give Gospel heart Heresy hope human Idolatry J. S. Mill Jesus JOSEPH BLANCO WHITE kind language letter Liverpool living Lord Liverpool mankind means mental mind moral nature never notion object observations opinion Oriel College Orthodoxy pain perceive persons pleasure Popery prayer present preter priesthood principle Protestant Reason Redesdale regard religion religious Scriptures sincere Solaz Spain spirit suffering superstition supposed thank theological thing thought tion Trinitarian true trust truth Tunbridge Unitarian virtue wish word worship write
Popular passages
Page 33 - Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed ; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Page 74 - Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Page 15 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 172 - By pain of heart — now checked — and now impelled The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way...
Page 15 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 74 - The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Page 31 - Enow of such as for their bellies' sake, Creep and intrude, and climb into the fold? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs!
Page 359 - SELECTIONS from the WRITINGS of FENELON. With a Memoir of his Life. By Mrs. FOLLEN.
Page 359 - GAMMER GRETHEL; OR, GERMAN FAIRY TALES AND POPULAR STORIES. From the Collection of MM. GRIMM, and other sources.
Page 277 - According to the constitution of our minds, the knowledge which we have of ourselves and of the external world leads us with absolute necessity to conclude that, if the world was created by the free act of a conscious Being, that Being must either be limited in power or in goodness. Out of this dilemma neither philosophy nor theology can extricate the thinking and unsuperstitious mind.