The Presbyterian Quarterly Review, Volume 1B. J. Wallace, Albert Barnes proprietor, 1853 - Presbyterian Church |
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... Assembly of 1837 , like the civil courts of Scotland , counted on the vis inertia of human nature . They hoped not in vain , that venerable professors , who had al- ways protested against the necessity of division , would ac- quiesce ...
... Assembly of 1837 , like the civil courts of Scotland , counted on the vis inertia of human nature . They hoped not in vain , that venerable professors , who had al- ways protested against the necessity of division , would ac- quiesce ...
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... Assembly of 1837 , the church limited appeals to Synods , and made less frequent the meetings of its General Assembly ; but subsequent reflection led to the belief , that the evil was not in the old system , but in its mal ...
... Assembly of 1837 , the church limited appeals to Synods , and made less frequent the meetings of its General Assembly ; but subsequent reflection led to the belief , that the evil was not in the old system , but in its mal ...
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... Assembly . We doubt not that he might have said , with perfect truth , when he composed himself to that sleep from which there came no waking , " The zeal of thine house hath consumed me . " It would be interesting here to follow him to ...
... Assembly . We doubt not that he might have said , with perfect truth , when he composed himself to that sleep from which there came no waking , " The zeal of thine house hath consumed me . " It would be interesting here to follow him to ...
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... assembly set themselves for the treat , with feelings very diverse in kind , but all eager and intent . There is a hush of dead silence . The text is announced , and he begins . Every countenance is up , every eye bent with fixed ...
... assembly set themselves for the treat , with feelings very diverse in kind , but all eager and intent . There is a hush of dead silence . The text is announced , and he begins . Every countenance is up , every eye bent with fixed ...
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... Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America , with an Appendix . A. D. 1852. New York : Published by the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly . THE Assembly of 1852 was anticipated with deeper interest than any ...
... Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America , with an Appendix . A. D. 1852. New York : Published by the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly . THE Assembly of 1852 was anticipated with deeper interest than any ...
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Page 70 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 364 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into...
Page 294 - For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Page 69 - But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Page 544 - O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour; and for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.
Page 404 - And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree ; boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Page 32 - ... though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.
Page 71 - Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Page 69 - We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; and so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause...
Page 364 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...