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Page 488
Exercise a living faith . God ye worship , not a wraith . " " He will answer , " - yet he
saith" Yield belief . ” * Troubled soul , do not repine , In thy trials , light shall shine
; Christ's command is ever thine , Meant for thee . When the tempest of thy ...
Exercise a living faith . God ye worship , not a wraith . " " He will answer , " - yet he
saith" Yield belief . ” * Troubled soul , do not repine , In thy trials , light shall shine
; Christ's command is ever thine , Meant for thee . When the tempest of thy ...
Page 493
Judas , living under the constant tacit rebuke of a most holy example , grew to
hate the Lord ; for nothing , perhaps , more strongly brings out evil instincts than
the enforced contact with goodness , and when he knew that his Master did not
trust ...
Judas , living under the constant tacit rebuke of a most holy example , grew to
hate the Lord ; for nothing , perhaps , more strongly brings out evil instincts than
the enforced contact with goodness , and when he knew that his Master did not
trust ...
Page 498
The woman , under the influence of her familiar spirit , could have given to Saul
the message supposed to have come from Samuel , in the same way that
messages from the dead are pretended to be given to the living by spiritual
mediums of ...
The woman , under the influence of her familiar spirit , could have given to Saul
the message supposed to have come from Samuel , in the same way that
messages from the dead are pretended to be given to the living by spiritual
mediums of ...
Page 499
Evil spirits , no doubt , act as " familiars ” or as “ controls ” and either personate
the spirits of the dead or reveal things supposed to be known only to them and
their living friends , in order to lead away the credulous , but those who place ...
Evil spirits , no doubt , act as " familiars ” or as “ controls ” and either personate
the spirits of the dead or reveal things supposed to be known only to them and
their living friends , in order to lead away the credulous , but those who place ...
Page 500
If the living desire to hear from the dead they should seek to the Lord , and not to
those who presume to rush in “ where angels fear to tread . " The earthly sphere
and the sphere of departed spirits are distinct from each other , and a veil is ...
If the living desire to hear from the dead they should seek to the Lord , and not to
those who presume to rush in “ where angels fear to tread . " The earthly sphere
and the sphere of departed spirits are distinct from each other , and a veil is ...
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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...