The Christian Advocate, Volume 4A. Finley, 1826 - Presbyterianism |
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Page 101
... kind and gratifying attentions , and some most substantial services , which Christian women may pri- vately render to Missionaries , and to the Ministers of Christ in gene- ral . Holy women " ministered of their substance " to their ...
... kind and gratifying attentions , and some most substantial services , which Christian women may pri- vately render to Missionaries , and to the Ministers of Christ in gene- ral . Holy women " ministered of their substance " to their ...
Page 114
... kind of build- ings , you know , were erected with- out cover , for the accommodation of the publick sports . This one at Nismes , is circular , built of massy stone , and covers a space of some acres - speaking by guess . You may form ...
... kind of build- ings , you know , were erected with- out cover , for the accommodation of the publick sports . This one at Nismes , is circular , built of massy stone , and covers a space of some acres - speaking by guess . You may form ...
Page 115
... kind I have ever seen- the construction of which might have cost an expenditure , little short of what would be sufficient to build a small town . The top of the hill is reduced to a perfect level , making a surface of eight or ten ...
... kind I have ever seen- the construction of which might have cost an expenditure , little short of what would be sufficient to build a small town . The top of the hill is reduced to a perfect level , making a surface of eight or ten ...
Page 121
... kind , which he has had occasion or opportunity to make . We are likewise willing to believe , that he really has confidence in the practicability of his plan ; and in the great influence that it would have , if generally adopted , in ...
... kind , which he has had occasion or opportunity to make . We are likewise willing to believe , that he really has confidence in the practicability of his plan ; and in the great influence that it would have , if generally adopted , in ...
Page 126
... kind as mere instruments , who are no more accountable for their ac- tions , than the saw or the axe , when used by a human being . Quoting from an essay in which he is com- menting on these words , " man is an accountable being , " he ...
... kind as mere instruments , who are no more accountable for their ac- tions , than the saw or the axe , when used by a human being . Quoting from an essay in which he is com- menting on these words , " man is an accountable being , " he ...
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Page 125 - Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 380 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.
Page 197 - And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Page 327 - Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Page 287 - ... which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 425 - Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
Page 320 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 142 - And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Page 330 - There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Page 425 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.