Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive FriendsJ.F. Trow, 1858 |
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... sects , we are constrained to address you in explanation of our leading sentiments , purposes , plans , and hopes . If , as we believe , the basis of our organization , and the arrangements we propose for the culture of man's religious ...
... sects , we are constrained to address you in explanation of our leading sentiments , purposes , plans , and hopes . If , as we believe , the basis of our organization , and the arrangements we propose for the culture of man's religious ...
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... sect , for the purpose of abolishing slavery , war , intemperance , and other crying abominations , and our zeal for humanity made us indifferent to the forms of the Church , though more than ever alive to the great principles she had ...
... sect , for the purpose of abolishing slavery , war , intemperance , and other crying abominations , and our zeal for humanity made us indifferent to the forms of the Church , though more than ever alive to the great principles she had ...
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... sects are not yet delivered . Our religion , which should make us free and self - reliant , willing to bend the knee only to God , as he stands revealed to our own consciousness , withered by the touch of this superstition , becomes ...
... sects are not yet delivered . Our religion , which should make us free and self - reliant , willing to bend the knee only to God , as he stands revealed to our own consciousness , withered by the touch of this superstition , becomes ...
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... sects ? Alas ! what multitudes join the popular Churches , submitting to their rites and paying the expenses of their administration , deluding themselves mean- while with the idea that they are thus ensuring their eternal salvation ...
... sects ? Alas ! what multitudes join the popular Churches , submitting to their rites and paying the expenses of their administration , deluding themselves mean- while with the idea that they are thus ensuring their eternal salvation ...
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... sects which swarm in every part of the land , and which must be regarded as the exponents of its morality , there is not one that is thoroughly imbued with an anti - slavery spirit ; not one whose garments are not stained with the blood ...
... sects which swarm in every part of the land , and which must be regarded as the exponents of its morality , there is not one that is thoroughly imbued with an anti - slavery spirit ; not one whose garments are not stained with the blood ...
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Page 51 - And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 54 - Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving,kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Page 54 - For thou desirest not sacrifice; Else would I give it: Thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 52 - I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
Page 6 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 108 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 53 - And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the LORD ; the plague is begun.
Page 116 - Why smite," he asked in sad surprise, "The fair, the old?" Yet louder rang the Strong One's stroke, Yet nearer flashed his axe's gleam ; Shuddering and sick of heart I woke, As from a dream. I looked : aside the dust-cloud rolled, — The Waster seemed the Builder too; Upspringing from the ruined Old I saw the New.
Page 4 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 53 - And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them...