A Summary View of the Millennial Church, Or United Society of Believers (commonly Called Shakers): Comprising the Rise, Progress, and Practical Order of the Society, Together with the General Principles of Their Faith and TestimonyPackard & Van Benthuysen, 1823 - 320 pages |
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... substance of the gospel of salvation , it was fully revealed to the first witnesses of Christ's second appearing ; but as the work of salvation advances , the light becomes more clear , and truth appears more plain ; and while those who ...
... substance of the gospel of salvation , it was fully revealed to the first witnesses of Christ's second appearing ; but as the work of salvation advances , the light becomes more clear , and truth appears more plain ; and while those who ...
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... substance of the gospel continued to in- crease in the hearts of the faithful . But their public testimony ceased in England about a year before they embarked for America . Mother Ann , whose mind was ever intent on the work of God ...
... substance of the gospel continued to in- crease in the hearts of the faithful . But their public testimony ceased in England about a year before they embarked for America . Mother Ann , whose mind was ever intent on the work of God ...
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... substance revived ; " She casteth out devils by Beelzebub . " But as it was a time of wars and fightings , ( the country being then engaged in its revolutionary struggle , ) and those who received the testimony , were averse to war ...
... substance revived ; " She casteth out devils by Beelzebub . " But as it was a time of wars and fightings , ( the country being then engaged in its revolutionary struggle , ) and those who received the testimony , were averse to war ...
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... substance of the gospel among the people , in order to maintain the testimony and protect them from the snares of wickedness which surrounded them , and the flood of opposition which now seemed ready to burst in upon them from every ...
... substance of the gospel among the people , in order to maintain the testimony and protect them from the snares of wickedness which surrounded them , and the flood of opposition which now seemed ready to burst in upon them from every ...
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... substance . As the predictions of the prophets , concerning these things , could only be in part fulfilled , in Christ's first appearing , therefore he renewed these predictions , and the promises contained in them . His parable of the ...
... substance . As the predictions of the prophets , concerning these things , could only be in part fulfilled , in Christ's first appearing , therefore he renewed these predictions , and the promises contained in them . His parable of the ...
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Page 252 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 120 - If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches...
Page 92 - Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 185 - And I heard, but I understood not : then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things ? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel ; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Page 281 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Page 187 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 117 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Page 154 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Page 117 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 91 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them...