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... tender and gracious , clinging with fibres of reverent affection to the past , is it a sorrowful loyalty that takes us out to anything beyond . If ever Jesus could yield to misgivings of what was committed to him , it would be in that ...
... tender and gracious , clinging with fibres of reverent affection to the past , is it a sorrowful loyalty that takes us out to anything beyond . If ever Jesus could yield to misgivings of what was committed to him , it would be in that ...
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... tender mercy of Reason and out of harmony with the reality of God . These feeble self - contradic- tions I venture to leave behind , and to advance at once to a firmer position . In the Occasionalism of piety , I see not its shame , but ...
... tender mercy of Reason and out of harmony with the reality of God . These feeble self - contradic- tions I venture to leave behind , and to advance at once to a firmer position . In the Occasionalism of piety , I see not its shame , but ...
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... tender pulses of the northern lights . God , you say , is eternal and immutable . If by this you mean that there never was a time , and nowhere is a place , empty of his agency , it is most true . But if you mean that his agency is ...
... tender pulses of the northern lights . God , you say , is eternal and immutable . If by this you mean that there never was a time , and nowhere is a place , empty of his agency , it is most true . But if you mean that his agency is ...
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... tender to everything except the sins you must confess , -full of hope for the world and trust in God ; spread out an eager and a gentle spirit for the dropping of fruitful seeds from Holy Writ and saintly hymn ; freshen the fading vow ...
... tender to everything except the sins you must confess , -full of hope for the world and trust in God ; spread out an eager and a gentle spirit for the dropping of fruitful seeds from Holy Writ and saintly hymn ; freshen the fading vow ...
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... tender mind , borne down by no weight of stifled nobleness , and lifted above selfish fear and care , has the best key to the mysteries of humanity , and an insight into the counsels of the Infinite , clearer than acuteness and ...
... tender mind , borne down by no weight of stifled nobleness , and lifted above selfish fear and care , has the best key to the mysteries of humanity , and an insight into the counsels of the Infinite , clearer than acuteness and ...
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