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... skeptic . " If not that , something worse , " replied the preacher . " When ... speech are only used when plain language would fail to convey a full impression of the truth . The conclusions of science ... remarked IS HELL A FIRE ? 5.
... skeptic . " If not that , something worse , " replied the preacher . " When ... speech are only used when plain language would fail to convey a full impression of the truth . The conclusions of science ... remarked IS HELL A FIRE ? 5.
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... remarked the skeptic ; " but let us come to business . " 66 Agreed . " " How can you prove the hell of which you so confidently speak ? “ First , ” said the preacher , " let me ask , even at the risk of being diverted for the time into ...
... remarked the skeptic ; " but let us come to business . " 66 Agreed . " " How can you prove the hell of which you so confidently speak ? “ First , ” said the preacher , " let me ask , even at the risk of being diverted for the time into ...
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... skeptic . " Please specify a little , " remarked the preacher . " Did you not crush out philosophy ? " asked the skeptic . " Draper says it died a natural death , " re- plied the preacher . 66 6 Certainly he does not say so in his ...
... skeptic . " Please specify a little , " remarked the preacher . " Did you not crush out philosophy ? " asked the skeptic . " Draper says it died a natural death , " re- plied the preacher . 66 6 Certainly he does not say so in his ...
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... remarked the skeptic . do " Let us see , " said the preacher . you mean by science ? " " Whate " A provable knowledge of nature and of man , " answered the skeptic . " That I supposed would be your answer . But your mistake is in ...
... remarked the skeptic . do " Let us see , " said the preacher . you mean by science ? " " Whate " A provable knowledge of nature and of man , " answered the skeptic . " That I supposed would be your answer . But your mistake is in ...
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... skeptic . " You never saw a soul . " " Nor did you ever see an atom , " remarked the preacher , " nor gravitation , nor oxygen ; and yet you do not doubt their existence . " " But , how can a soul exist without the body ? " " The ...
... skeptic . " You never saw a soul . " " Nor did you ever see an atom , " remarked the preacher , " nor gravitation , nor oxygen ; and yet you do not doubt their existence . " " But , how can a soul exist without the body ? " " The ...
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Page 152 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Page 193 - Thou fool ! that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be,, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 152 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Page 193 - All flesh is not the same flesh; But there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Page 158 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. " And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 44 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 194 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption : it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Page 102 - Thus by the persistence of force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception. The manifestations, as occurring either in ourselves or outside of us, do not persist ; but that which persists is the Unknown Cause of these manifestations. In other words, asserting the persistence of force is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end.
Page 8 - O make but trial of his love, Experience will decide How blest are they, and only they, Who in his truth confide.
Page 207 - Go, wing thy flight from star to star, From world to luminous world, as far As the universe spreads its flaming wall ; Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years, One minute of heaven is worth them all...