The Gospel Adapted to the Wants of the World: A Sermon, Preached in Providence, R.I., Sept. 9, 1840, Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Thirty-first Annual Meeting |
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... expect would make an appeal to this kind of religion . The glory of exploring unknown re- gions ; of studying nature there in forms which we have never seen ; of surveying man in modes of living , of opinion , and of laws which have the ...
... expect would make an appeal to this kind of religion . The glory of exploring unknown re- gions ; of studying nature there in forms which we have never seen ; of surveying man in modes of living , of opinion , and of laws which have the ...
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... expecting that life will close before it is complet- ed , and that future generations will prosecute and complete it . Now there is no mere love of the beautiful in religion that will do this . There is no protracted charm of romance ...
... expecting that life will close before it is complet- ed , and that future generations will prosecute and complete it . Now there is no mere love of the beautiful in religion that will do this . There is no protracted charm of romance ...
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... They who embark now in the enterprise for converting the world , do not dare to hope that they shall see its consummation . They expect to be withdrawn from the field before the standard of victory waves on the ramparts of the enemy , 34.
... They who embark now in the enterprise for converting the world , do not dare to hope that they shall see its consummation . They expect to be withdrawn from the field before the standard of victory waves on the ramparts of the enemy , 34.
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... expect to learn that the victory is achieved from those who shall come up , redeem- ed out of every nation and kindred and people and tongue under the heaven , to mingle their hal- lelujahs before the throne . There is not upon the ...
... expect to learn that the victory is achieved from those who shall come up , redeem- ed out of every nation and kindred and people and tongue under the heaven , to mingle their hal- lelujahs before the throne . There is not upon the ...
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... expect soon to see riding majestically on the deep ; the college whose corner - stone we lay , we expect soon will open its doors to receive the youth of the land ; and in the solemn temple whose walls we rear , we trust that we and our ...
... expect soon to see riding majestically on the deep ; the college whose corner - stone we lay , we expect soon will open its doors to receive the youth of the land ; and in the solemn temple whose walls we rear , we trust that we and our ...
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Page 4 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 12 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 8 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 4 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 5 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 7 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 20 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 8 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 31 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 22 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?