Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive FriendsJ.F. Trow, 1858 |
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... Jesus , would seem to have been borrowed from anti - Christian and despotic systems of civil government , whereof force is the vital and controlling element . Under such forms , religious tyranny , always difficult of repression , is ...
... Jesus , would seem to have been borrowed from anti - Christian and despotic systems of civil government , whereof force is the vital and controlling element . Under such forms , religious tyranny , always difficult of repression , is ...
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... Jesus left them , with the conscience and common sense of the individual . It has been our cherished purpose to restore the union between Religion and Life , and to place works of goodness and mercy far above theological speculations ...
... Jesus left them , with the conscience and common sense of the individual . It has been our cherished purpose to restore the union between Religion and Life , and to place works of goodness and mercy far above theological speculations ...
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... Jesus , and the means by which it would conquer the world are those which an Apostle has described : " BY PURENESS , BY KNOW LEDGE , BY LONG - SUFFERING , BY THE HOLY SPIRIT , BY LOVE UNFEIGNED , BY THE ARMOR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE ...
... Jesus , and the means by which it would conquer the world are those which an Apostle has described : " BY PURENESS , BY KNOW LEDGE , BY LONG - SUFFERING , BY THE HOLY SPIRIT , BY LOVE UNFEIGNED , BY THE ARMOR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ON THE ...
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... Jesus of Nazareth , who is represesented as having appointed these super- stitious observances . Again . The invention of these observances , and the inculcation of them in the name of God , is not only a misuse of His name , and a ...
... Jesus of Nazareth , who is represesented as having appointed these super- stitious observances . Again . The invention of these observances , and the inculcation of them in the name of God , is not only a misuse of His name , and a ...
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... Jesus gave " By their fruits ye shall know them " —will less frequently mislead us , in judging of the characters of men , than any other . This fact then guides us to a correct answer to our third question - How may we best manifest to ...
... Jesus gave " By their fruits ye shall know them " —will less frequently mislead us , in judging of the characters of men , than any other . This fact then guides us to a correct answer to our third question - How may we best manifest to ...
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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...