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... appears to a frail vision , that it is extraordinary . " I hold , that it is the most strongly delineated portraiture - that which is most spiritual , which is ideal . Let the mind speak , divested of the accompaniments of a corporiety ...
... appears to a frail vision , that it is extraordinary . " I hold , that it is the most strongly delineated portraiture - that which is most spiritual , which is ideal . Let the mind speak , divested of the accompaniments of a corporiety ...
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... appear , that in no spot of earth , I believe , at the present , would the personal faithful- ness of the enunciation of the Gospel be endured . It may startle ; but I make no exception to this . If we will faithfully judge , I am ...
... appear , that in no spot of earth , I believe , at the present , would the personal faithful- ness of the enunciation of the Gospel be endured . It may startle ; but I make no exception to this . If we will faithfully judge , I am ...
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... appears so great at which I am from its spirit , that I pause - and retire into my silent communing . Yet , hence , ariseth a light , which I perceive to be " the light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world " . an ...
... appears so great at which I am from its spirit , that I pause - and retire into my silent communing . Yet , hence , ariseth a light , which I perceive to be " the light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world " . an ...
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... appear before us . Man's nature defines God's nature . With God , we have inter- • course , through man . What then is God ? By man , know we him . Oh ! what is man ? Hastily , we answer not this interrogatory . By man's experience ...
... appear before us . Man's nature defines God's nature . With God , we have inter- • course , through man . What then is God ? By man , know we him . Oh ! what is man ? Hastily , we answer not this interrogatory . By man's experience ...
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... appears so entirely congenial to human nature , according to my own soul , my perceptions , my intuitions and deductions , that it becomes altogether to me conclusive , that he was actuated by its purest " springs and impulses . He ...
... appears so entirely congenial to human nature , according to my own soul , my perceptions , my intuitions and deductions , that it becomes altogether to me conclusive , that he was actuated by its purest " springs and impulses . He ...
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Page 11 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 58 - And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Page 247 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 58 - And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Page 241 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 180 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 5 - ... but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Page 58 - And when they saw him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business 1 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Page 155 - For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself ; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, Because he is the Son of man.
Page 37 - Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...