The philosphy of religionE.C. Biddle, 1840 |
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... thousand times larger than ours , and adorned with more refulgent splendours , exist within the range of that system of which we form a part . It has also unfolded to our view other systems dispersed throughout the voids of space , at ...
... thousand times larger than ours , and adorned with more refulgent splendours , exist within the range of that system of which we form a part . It has also unfolded to our view other systems dispersed throughout the voids of space , at ...
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... thousands of volumes which the stream of time has carried into oblivion , it has survived for several thousands of years — that its announcements have directed the opinions and the conduct of myriads of mankind - that many of the most ...
... thousands of volumes which the stream of time has carried into oblivion , it has survived for several thousands of years — that its announcements have directed the opinions and the conduct of myriads of mankind - that many of the most ...
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... thousand years ; having already moved through a space of 3,480,000,000,000 miles , and will still continue its unremitting course for thousands of years to come , till the mystery of Providence be finished . ” 66 Would we be struck with ...
... thousand years ; having already moved through a space of 3,480,000,000,000 miles , and will still continue its unremitting course for thousands of years to come , till the mystery of Providence be finished . ” 66 Would we be struck with ...
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... thousand times larger than this world of ours , impelled with similar velocities through the mighty expanse of the universe . We behold the planetary globes wheeling their rapid courses around the sun , with unremitting velocity- the ...
... thousand times larger than this world of ours , impelled with similar velocities through the mighty expanse of the universe . We behold the planetary globes wheeling their rapid courses around the sun , with unremitting velocity- the ...
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... thousands of miles , during our repose in sleep , in order that our eyes may be again cheered with the morning light ? When , amidst the gloom and storms of winter , we look for- ward to the reviving scenes of spring , we know that we ...
... thousands of miles , during our repose in sleep , in order that our eyes may be again cheered with the morning light ? When , amidst the gloom and storms of winter , we look for- ward to the reviving scenes of spring , we know that we ...
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Page 140 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 165 - 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 364 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Page 252 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 244 - God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 182 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 47 - 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 341 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 140 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 69 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.