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... consider the fact that visions and supposed visita- tions of the dead , of angels , also of divine personages , is a part of the common stock of human tradition , accepted among all nations , and to the present day ; and , further ...
... consider the fact that visions and supposed visita- tions of the dead , of angels , also of divine personages , is a part of the common stock of human tradition , accepted among all nations , and to the present day ; and , further ...
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... consider that the mes- sage given to the youthful Smith in his reported vision was scarcely of a character to have originated in the untutored and inexperienced brain of a boy in his surroundings and at his period . To state that it was ...
... consider that the mes- sage given to the youthful Smith in his reported vision was scarcely of a character to have originated in the untutored and inexperienced brain of a boy in his surroundings and at his period . To state that it was ...
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... consider now what that equation was , especially with reference to the use of words . " In respect of diction , writers are of two extreme types , with all degrees of overlapping . The one extreme is well represented by Henry Ward ...
... consider now what that equation was , especially with reference to the use of words . " In respect of diction , writers are of two extreme types , with all degrees of overlapping . The one extreme is well represented by Henry Ward ...
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... consider as good as the pay ; for I am well acquainted with Joseph Smith , Jun . , and know him to be an honest man ... considering the very irregular methods often followed in rural courts , were it not for the fact , which seems to be ...
... consider as good as the pay ; for I am well acquainted with Joseph Smith , Jun . , and know him to be an honest man ... considering the very irregular methods often followed in rural courts , were it not for the fact , which seems to be ...
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... considering his claim that the later principles were " revealed " in some manner , as required by the exigencies of external conditions . To have formulated and have attempted to establish the organization of the Church , full - grown ...
... considering his claim that the later principles were " revealed " in some manner , as required by the exigencies of external conditions . To have formulated and have attempted to establish the organization of the Church , full - grown ...
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Page 233 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 222 - If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Page 202 - ... i have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the Most High : 7.
Page 181 - The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, [and] of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...
Page 289 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Page 222 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Page 271 - If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Page 182 - Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.
Page 193 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 18 - I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: "they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.