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... Universe to us , how it may cultivate our own minds . I cannot follow an eminent and accomplished man of science , but I should like at least to catch something of his spirit , above all of his modesty . And I should like you to try me ...
... Universe to us , how it may cultivate our own minds . I cannot follow an eminent and accomplished man of science , but I should like at least to catch something of his spirit , above all of his modesty . And I should like you to try me ...
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... Universe . He might pay a sort of reverence to the gods whom his country worshipped , but they evi- dently did not affect his speculations in the least about Nature or about Morals . All his inquiries as to the course of the world and ...
... Universe . He might pay a sort of reverence to the gods whom his country worshipped , but they evi- dently did not affect his speculations in the least about Nature or about Morals . All his inquiries as to the course of the world and ...
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... universe . What he is thinking of is of a Being who has something to do with him , who is his Ruler , who is the standard of his life . And yet he cannot help perceiving that men's opinions about this Being have often led them to ...
... universe . What he is thinking of is of a Being who has something to do with him , who is his Ruler , who is the standard of his life . And yet he cannot help perceiving that men's opinions about this Being have often led them to ...
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... universe lies in shadow . It is not that he has not continual transactions with other people ; it is not that they do not supply him with things that he wants ; it is not that he could dispense with them . But all they do is only ...
... universe lies in shadow . It is not that he has not continual transactions with other people ; it is not that they do not supply him with things that he wants ; it is not that he could dispense with them . But all they do is only ...
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... universe . And then we have fellowship one with another . The proper social life is restored to us , even if we are far away from our brethren . Yes ; Alexander Selkirk in a desert island - John Bunyan in a prison- thousands of sick men ...
... universe . And then we have fellowship one with another . The proper social life is restored to us , even if we are far away from our brethren . Yes ; Alexander Selkirk in a desert island - John Bunyan in a prison- thousands of sick men ...
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Page 184 - He that committeth sin is of the devil, for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 269 - This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood; and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Page 123 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years...
Page 134 - Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Page 134 - They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us ; but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 260 - By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Page 87 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Page 168 - Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God : therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God...
Page 316 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed ; for he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 266 - If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater : for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.