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... pain was pain , sorrow and separation and death were real , and not to be mitigated by reflection . But they did not let them spoil the joys which they found or the ardor with which they followed their ideals.2 1 The Homeric religion ...
... pain was pain , sorrow and separation and death were real , and not to be mitigated by reflection . But they did not let them spoil the joys which they found or the ardor with which they followed their ideals.2 1 The Homeric religion ...
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... pain were never far away . The meaninglessness and burden of life were only intensified by the widespread belief in transmigration , — a reincarnation of souls in form after form , with no aim , no advance , no goal , to be dreaded ...
... pain were never far away . The meaninglessness and burden of life were only intensified by the widespread belief in transmigration , — a reincarnation of souls in form after form , with no aim , no advance , no goal , to be dreaded ...
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... pain , order versus chaos , truth versus error , goodness versus sin , life versus death - the universe is divided between the two great Powers , and its history is the history of their age - long struggle . In particu- 1 His date ...
... pain , order versus chaos , truth versus error , goodness versus sin , life versus death - the universe is divided between the two great Powers , and its history is the history of their age - long struggle . In particu- 1 His date ...
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... pains and loving care , by the coöp- erative efforts of many modern scholars . Except for a few mooted points and principally those affected by dog- matic considerations there is now a pretty general agree- ment among re'iable ...
... pains and loving care , by the coöp- erative efforts of many modern scholars . Except for a few mooted points and principally those affected by dog- matic considerations there is now a pretty general agree- ment among re'iable ...
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... was usually done by the condemned ; and by his quick death - strong men being able to stand the pain of cruci- fixion for many hours , or even several days . - was " not one that cannot be touched with the JESUS THE CHRIST 73.
... was usually done by the condemned ; and by his quick death - strong men being able to stand the pain of cruci- fixion for many hours , or even several days . - was " not one that cannot be touched with the JESUS THE CHRIST 73.
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Page 330 - But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen : and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Page 155 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 382 - I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Page 382 - Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Page 270 - If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : and the smoke of their torment, ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth...
Page 139 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 56 - Through thee will we push down our enemies : through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Page 60 - And as long as the world lasts, all who want to make progress in righteousness will come to Israel for inspiration, as to the people who have had the sense for righteousness most glowing and strongest...
Page 92 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Page 383 - As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.