First Things: A Series of Lectures on the Great Facts and Moral Lessons First Revealed to Mankind, Volume 1M.W. Dodd, 1851 |
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... interest in all they do and are , had no concern with them , nor they with him . The weighty truth can never be stricken out of existence , that there is a God ; that he exists in- dependently of every being in the universe , and that ...
... interest in all they do and are , had no concern with them , nor they with him . The weighty truth can never be stricken out of existence , that there is a God ; that he exists in- dependently of every being in the universe , and that ...
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... interest both in theological science and in casuistry , depending upon the views that are entertained of the nature of man . What am I ? To what order of crea- tures do I belong ? What are the peculiarities of my nature and relations ...
... interest both in theological science and in casuistry , depending upon the views that are entertained of the nature of man . What am I ? To what order of crea- tures do I belong ? What are the peculiarities of my nature and relations ...
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... of him , and the son of man that thou visitest him ? " There are views of his nature which render him abject ; yet are there views of him which we cannot help looking upon with wondrous interest , because he was made 72 THE FIRST MAN .
... of him , and the son of man that thou visitest him ? " There are views of his nature which render him abject ; yet are there views of him which we cannot help looking upon with wondrous interest , because he was made 72 THE FIRST MAN .
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... interest , because he was made but a little lower than the angels , and next to them , holding a position nearest to the Infinite One , and formed in his image . Man is a complex being , formed of a body and soul . That body of his ...
... interest , because he was made but a little lower than the angels , and next to them , holding a position nearest to the Infinite One , and formed in his image . Man is a complex being , formed of a body and soul . That body of his ...
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... interest us if we were not driven , not less by sound philosophy than by the Scriptures , to recognize the omnipresence of the great First Cause in sus- taining and directing the whole material and im- material creation . When we ask ...
... interest us if we were not driven , not less by sound philosophy than by the Scriptures , to recognize the omnipresence of the great First Cause in sus- taining and directing the whole material and im- material creation . When we ask ...
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Page 62 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 39 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 346 - And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Page 58 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament from the waters, which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 134 - And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 40 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 300 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Page 54 - IV •Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shall not do any work...
Page 345 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 300 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.