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... character ; and they affect us , not as the dead of noon or the dead of night , but as the quick - flushing morning or the tender pulses of the northern lights . God , you say , is eternal and immutable . If by this you mean that there ...
... character ; and they affect us , not as the dead of noon or the dead of night , but as the quick - flushing morning or the tender pulses of the northern lights . God , you say , is eternal and immutable . If by this you mean that there ...
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... character ; or , at best , if they declare his faithfulness , they pronounce it stern as Fate , and drive into recoil the advances of affection . But let us not fear . That immensity takes us the very furthest from him that we can go ...
... character ; or , at best , if they declare his faithfulness , they pronounce it stern as Fate , and drive into recoil the advances of affection . But let us not fear . That immensity takes us the very furthest from him that we can go ...
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... character , and lift before our eye the beauty of holiness , it is his supreme expression , as it is his rarest . Accordingly it is this which he selects for the supernatural revelation of himself which stands unique , " the Word made ...
... character , and lift before our eye the beauty of holiness , it is his supreme expression , as it is his rarest . Accordingly it is this which he selects for the supernatural revelation of himself which stands unique , " the Word made ...
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... character which is far from satisfying our con- ception of a Christian symmetry of soul . Between fear of the abyss and aspiration to the skies , the blessed earth , our appointed place that lies in the midst , is too lightly touched ...
... character which is far from satisfying our con- ception of a Christian symmetry of soul . Between fear of the abyss and aspiration to the skies , the blessed earth , our appointed place that lies in the midst , is too lightly touched ...
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... character , and , by union of these opposites , completing the healthful circuit of our moral power ? Hitherto it seems to have kept them wider apart than ever ; and while the minds at either end appear to have some force of Reason , it ...
... character , and , by union of these opposites , completing the healthful circuit of our moral power ? Hitherto it seems to have kept them wider apart than ever ; and while the minds at either end appear to have some force of Reason , it ...
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