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... truth is , they were passed by the pressure of necessity . After the monasteries had been sequestered , and the common lands had been fenced in by the strong , the weak would have died of starvation unless these laws had been enacted ...
... truth is , they were passed by the pressure of necessity . After the monasteries had been sequestered , and the common lands had been fenced in by the strong , the weak would have died of starvation unless these laws had been enacted ...
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... truth apart from the fact that God is , and that He is three Persons , has not much to do with the development of our higher life . What we should be is that which we be- come in the practical works of mercy toward our fellow - men ...
... truth apart from the fact that God is , and that He is three Persons , has not much to do with the development of our higher life . What we should be is that which we be- come in the practical works of mercy toward our fellow - men ...
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... that " the Word was made flesh , and dwelt among us " ; believe , then , in the truth of the Incarnation truly : that the Word dwells in the flesh of all men ; that all men , therefore , are equal 32 CIVIC CHRISTIANITY .
... that " the Word was made flesh , and dwelt among us " ; believe , then , in the truth of the Incarnation truly : that the Word dwells in the flesh of all men ; that all men , therefore , are equal 32 CIVIC CHRISTIANITY .
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... of men to the essential truths of Christianity . I know that in the great cities like London and New York the churches have sent their missionaries , แ clerical and lay , into the mean and squalid THE ALIENATION OF THE MASSES . 35.
... of men to the essential truths of Christianity . I know that in the great cities like London and New York the churches have sent their missionaries , แ clerical and lay , into the mean and squalid THE ALIENATION OF THE MASSES . 35.
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... truth that the lowest classes are not in them . But I do not so much , to - day , speak of these " sorts and conditions " of men as of the opera- tives and mechanics . Now there are two questions which arise in our minds as we are ...
... truth that the lowest classes are not in them . But I do not so much , to - day , speak of these " sorts and conditions " of men as of the opera- tives and mechanics . Now there are two questions which arise in our minds as we are ...
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Page 1 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 120 - And, as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Page 106 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 20 - Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 137 - And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" They say unto him, "Caesar's." Then saith he unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
Page 114 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 184 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 199 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 205 - Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Page 52 - ... for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.