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Page 519
... United States , have been a disgrace to Christian civilization , culminating as they have , in the destruc- tion of a United States battleship and 266 of its officers and crew , a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana , and cannot ...
... United States , have been a disgrace to Christian civilization , culminating as they have , in the destruc- tion of a United States battleship and 266 of its officers and crew , a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana , and cannot ...
Page 520
... United States . Thus as we go to press the question of Peace or War is left entirely in the hands of Spain . What course will she pursue is the all important question . we view the matter at this writing there lies before Spain four ...
... United States . Thus as we go to press the question of Peace or War is left entirely in the hands of Spain . What course will she pursue is the all important question . we view the matter at this writing there lies before Spain four ...
Page 521
... United States would make that possession absolutely secure . Nothing but desperation born of despair would dictate the fourth course , and it is the least likely to be followed , unless the gods have indeed de- termined upon the ...
... United States would make that possession absolutely secure . Nothing but desperation born of despair would dictate the fourth course , and it is the least likely to be followed , unless the gods have indeed de- termined upon the ...
Page 522
... United States , recognizing the respon- sibility that attends upon the exalted position it occupies among the ... United States ; that it has practically swept out of existence an extensive commerce between Cuba and the United States ...
... United States , recognizing the respon- sibility that attends upon the exalted position it occupies among the ... United States ; that it has practically swept out of existence an extensive commerce between Cuba and the United States ...
Page 523
... United States during the war of the Rebellion ; and that not- withstanding our territorial condition , our isolation from the scene of conflict , and the youth of our community , the services of her people were tendered through Brigham ...
... United States during the war of the Rebellion ; and that not- withstanding our territorial condition , our isolation from the scene of conflict , and the youth of our community , the services of her people were tendered through Brigham ...
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Page 498 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 763 - 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 716 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he rose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear : and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 678 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 760 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come.
Page 480 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Page 497 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 756 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 763 - And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance.
Page 826 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...