The Approaching Crisis: Being a Review of Dr. Bushnell's Recent Lectures on Supernaturalism

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The Author, 1852 - Spiritualism - 221 pages

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Page 174 - For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Page 36 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 83 - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD GOD had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath GOD said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden...
Page 175 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 77 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Page 156 - And is mine one?" said Abou. — "Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still, and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
Page 156 - Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight of his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold ; And to the presence in the room he said, *' What writest thou? " The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 156 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?
Page 119 - I repeat, is constantly praying for the will of God to be "done on earth as it is in heaven...
Page 41 - ... the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

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