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Page xiii
... less clearly dis- played in every stage of the mind's progress . When , therefore , nothing remarkable is remembered of the youth of a man of genius , the cause may probably be traced , either to a want of attention , or a want of ...
... less clearly dis- played in every stage of the mind's progress . When , therefore , nothing remarkable is remembered of the youth of a man of genius , the cause may probably be traced , either to a want of attention , or a want of ...
Page xxxii
... less the mysticism and obscurity of the articles we believe . Its genuineness and its worth are to be determined by the energy and permanence of our practical persuasion of those truths , which supply the strongest and most affecting mo ...
... less the mysticism and obscurity of the articles we believe . Its genuineness and its worth are to be determined by the energy and permanence of our practical persuasion of those truths , which supply the strongest and most affecting mo ...
Page xli
... less , probably , than four hundred miles . Excuse the meagre aspect of this itinerary . You know it would be absurd to attempt to give in a letter a proper journal of one's travels ; and to pretend to describe any spot particularly ...
... less , probably , than four hundred miles . Excuse the meagre aspect of this itinerary . You know it would be absurd to attempt to give in a letter a proper journal of one's travels ; and to pretend to describe any spot particularly ...
Page xlii
... less than four minutes completely overwhelmed the three villages of Goldau , Busingen , and Rathlen , with a part of Lowertz and Oberart . The torrent of earth and stones was far more rapid than that of lava , and its effects as resist- ...
... less than four minutes completely overwhelmed the three villages of Goldau , Busingen , and Rathlen , with a part of Lowertz and Oberart . The torrent of earth and stones was far more rapid than that of lava , and its effects as resist- ...
Page xliii
... less than fifteen hundred . Some even estimate it as high as two thousand . Of these , a wo- man and two children have been found alive , after having been several days under ground . They affirm that while they were thus entombed ...
... less than fifteen hundred . Some even estimate it as high as two thousand . Of these , a wo- man and two children have been found alive , after having been several days under ground . They affirm that while they were thus entombed ...
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Page 139 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 213 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 214 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 66 - And the people gave a shout, saying, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man." And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 338 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page xxxiii - And this I pray, that your love may ab'ound yet more and more in knowledge and 'in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 108 - By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Page 112 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.
Page 2 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.
Page viii - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.