Twelve Sermons Delivered During the Session of the United States Convention of Universalists, in the City of New York, September 15th and 16th, 1853: Together with a Portrait of the Author of Each SermonJ. M. Usher, 1853 - 285 pages |
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... heart ; while they unfold and enforce great truths , they awaken the conscience , and urge the reader to the performance of his duty . They have a sanctity which does not belong to any other productions . This is , in part , owing to ...
... heart ; while they unfold and enforce great truths , they awaken the conscience , and urge the reader to the performance of his duty . They have a sanctity which does not belong to any other productions . This is , in part , owing to ...
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... heart — the af- fections . And we say that it is our aim , as a people , to throw in our contributions towards the solution of the problem whether Christianity , as a religious theory , is fully adapted to meet and answer the wants of ...
... heart — the af- fections . And we say that it is our aim , as a people , to throw in our contributions towards the solution of the problem whether Christianity , as a religious theory , is fully adapted to meet and answer the wants of ...
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... heart . From such a decision , reason instinctively appeals ; nor can its acquiescence be won , except its functions are perverted and de- based . Nothing , in fact , is more evident ; for a large proportion of these forms of religion ...
... heart . From such a decision , reason instinctively appeals ; nor can its acquiescence be won , except its functions are perverted and de- based . Nothing , in fact , is more evident ; for a large proportion of these forms of religion ...
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... over the whole moral character of God , the work and mission of Jesus , the duties , the hopes , and the destiny of men ; and the mind is everywhere tortured by their crudities , and the heart scourged to wretch- edness 20 SERMON I.
... over the whole moral character of God , the work and mission of Jesus , the duties , the hopes , and the destiny of men ; and the mind is everywhere tortured by their crudities , and the heart scourged to wretch- edness 20 SERMON I.
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... heart scourged to wretch- edness by their oppressions . Take , for instance , the doctrine of the Trinity . Now , although we may concede that the heart may freely and spon- taneously love a Triune God , a being of whom it is impossible ...
... heart scourged to wretch- edness by their oppressions . Take , for instance , the doctrine of the Trinity . Now , although we may concede that the heart may freely and spon- taneously love a Triune God , a being of whom it is impossible ...
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Page 193 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 201 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Page 236 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 262 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 255 - We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth...
Page 56 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Page 132 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.
Page 113 - Still as they thirsted, SCOOp the brimming stream ; Nor gentle purpose, nor endearing smiles, Wanted, nor youthful dalliance, as beseems Fair couple, linked in happy nuptial league, Alone as they. About them frisking played All beasts of the earth, since wild, and of all chase In wood or wilderness, forest or den...
Page 260 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold : Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou...
Page 222 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.