The Great Law: A Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying ThemLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 431 pages |
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Page vi
... important a subject as is with , but he desires to draw attention naked contrast between his own very mainments , and the magnitude of the undertaken tess of the fields of study over which ad to travel , must itself be the excuse s into ...
... important a subject as is with , but he desires to draw attention naked contrast between his own very mainments , and the magnitude of the undertaken tess of the fields of study over which ad to travel , must itself be the excuse s into ...
Page vii
... important a subject as is here dealt with , but he desires to draw attention to the marked contrast between his own very modest attainments , and the magnitude of the task undertaken . The vastness of the fields of study over which he ...
... important a subject as is here dealt with , but he desires to draw attention to the marked contrast between his own very modest attainments , and the magnitude of the task undertaken . The vastness of the fields of study over which he ...
Page viii
... important statements by reference to works written in the light of the most recent scholar- ship , but many statements here made are amply vouched for by the writers of a more ancient date , while in the majority of instances where the ...
... important statements by reference to works written in the light of the most recent scholar- ship , but many statements here made are amply vouched for by the writers of a more ancient date , while in the majority of instances where the ...
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... important that can be asked , and no comprehensive view of history , or of man's relative position in the scheme of things , can be realised till the answer has been found . It would therefore seem well to piece together such knowledge ...
... important that can be asked , and no comprehensive view of history , or of man's relative position in the scheme of things , can be realised till the answer has been found . It would therefore seem well to piece together such knowledge ...
Page 12
... important point to bear in mind , it cannot be further enlarged on here . It was on the continent of Atlantis that the need first arose , and it is the Adepts of the Fourth root race , who , in anticipation of the destruction of the ...
... important point to bear in mind , it cannot be further enlarged on here . It was on the continent of Atlantis that the need first arose , and it is the Adepts of the Fourth root race , who , in anticipation of the destruction of the ...
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Page 141 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life...
Page 267 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 330 - And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge ; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing.
Page 333 - If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 284 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 388 - The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son; neither made nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
Page 331 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth...
Page 330 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 268 - O LORD, thou art my God! I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Page 118 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...