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... SACRIFICE AND SIN · 151 What is the history of the concepts of sacrifice and sin ? What are their dangers ? What is their permanent value ? The doctrine of Original Sin . CHAPTER XI . SALVATION , MENT • · CONVERSION , X CONTENTS.
... SACRIFICE AND SIN · 151 What is the history of the concepts of sacrifice and sin ? What are their dangers ? What is their permanent value ? The doctrine of Original Sin . CHAPTER XI . SALVATION , MENT • · CONVERSION , X CONTENTS.
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... sacrifice whatever may be required to the attainment of that truth , let us , wherever we have to do with what has inspired and com- forted men , walk reverently and with unshod feet ; for the ground whereon we tread is holy ground ...
... sacrifice whatever may be required to the attainment of that truth , let us , wherever we have to do with what has inspired and com- forted men , walk reverently and with unshod feet ; for the ground whereon we tread is holy ground ...
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... sacrifices for appeasement , vows all such activities antedated articu- late belief ; it was in his quieter and more reflective moments , no doubt , and as an explanation and justification of these in- stinctive acts , that primitive ...
... sacrifices for appeasement , vows all such activities antedated articu- late belief ; it was in his quieter and more reflective moments , no doubt , and as an explanation and justification of these in- stinctive acts , that primitive ...
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... sacrifices or prayers to any personal Beings . But " even though they appeal to no spirits in their ceremonies , these ceremonies do express valuational attitudes of a definitely religious character . " That cultural stage characterized ...
... sacrifices or prayers to any personal Beings . But " even though they appeal to no spirits in their ceremonies , these ceremonies do express valuational attitudes of a definitely religious character . " That cultural stage characterized ...
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... sacrifices , he becomes a tribal god . In a society where patriarchal authority or the power of the chieftain was strong , as was the case very generally through a long period of early human history , the worship 1 See , for examples ...
... sacrifices , he becomes a tribal god . In a society where patriarchal authority or the power of the chieftain was strong , as was the case very generally through a long period of early human history , the worship 1 See , for examples ...
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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.