On the improvement of society by the diffusion of knowledge. The philosophy of a future state. The philosophy of religion. On the mental illumination and moral improvement of mankind. An essay on the sin and evils of covetousnessA. C. Goodman, 1850 |
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... exercise of the intellectual powers . That the general diffusion of knowledge among all ranks is an object much to be desired , will not , I presume , be called in question by any one who regards the intellectual powers of man as the ...
... exercise of the intellectual powers . That the general diffusion of knowledge among all ranks is an object much to be desired , will not , I presume , be called in question by any one who regards the intellectual powers of man as the ...
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... exercise of the rational faculties be directed into a proper channel , and the mind furnished with a few fundamental and incontrovertible principles of reasoning - let the proper sources of information be laid open - let striking and ...
... exercise of the rational faculties be directed into a proper channel , and the mind furnished with a few fundamental and incontrovertible principles of reasoning - let the proper sources of information be laid open - let striking and ...
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... exercise of conception , judgment , and ratiocination . They have the same organs of sensation , and the same powers ... exercising their faculties on rational subjects are thereby rendered more unfit for the common business of life , it ...
... exercise of conception , judgment , and ratiocination . They have the same organs of sensation , and the same powers ... exercising their faculties on rational subjects are thereby rendered more unfit for the common business of life , it ...
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... exercise and gratification . While these pleasures are directed by the dic- tates of reason , and confined within the limits prescribed by the Divine law , they are so far from being unlawful , that in the enjoyment of them we fulfil ...
... exercise and gratification . While these pleasures are directed by the dic- tates of reason , and confined within the limits prescribed by the Divine law , they are so far from being unlawful , that in the enjoyment of them we fulfil ...
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... exercise of the understanding , and which correspond to the dignity of a rational and immortal nature . On the other hand , the man whose mind is irradiated with the light of substantial science , has views , and feelings , and ...
... exercise of the understanding , and which correspond to the dignity of a rational and immortal nature . On the other hand , the man whose mind is irradiated with the light of substantial science , has views , and feelings , and ...
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Page 103 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 91 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 78 - In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Page 78 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 79 - Put on, therefore, as the elect of God. holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 71 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 32 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 78 - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Page 133 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 109 - Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.