The Divine Origin of Christianity Indicated by Its Historical EffectsPilgrim Press, 1884 - 674 strani |
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Stran 42
... Rome was simply one of powerful animals . ' * A certain apprehension that there might be Powers , unseen yet near , whom it was at least not safe to offend , still kept men to the performance of some rites of religion . But Livy ...
... Rome was simply one of powerful animals . ' * A certain apprehension that there might be Powers , unseen yet near , whom it was at least not safe to offend , still kept men to the performance of some rites of religion . But Livy ...
Stran 43
... Rome from conquered and tributary Oriental countries , where deified men had long been adored ; but its rapid development shows how thoroughly the old faith had fallen into decay . Here , at least , was a recognized power : a power ...
... Rome from conquered and tributary Oriental countries , where deified men had long been adored ; but its rapid development shows how thoroughly the old faith had fallen into decay . Here , at least , was a recognized power : a power ...
Stran 47
... Rome , has already been suggested . The tendency had been constant , unreturning , to crowd the earth and people the sky with subordinate gods , to whom prayer was offered and tribute brought ; who were simply , as Heraclitus said ...
... Rome , has already been suggested . The tendency had been constant , unreturning , to crowd the earth and people the sky with subordinate gods , to whom prayer was offered and tribute brought ; who were simply , as Heraclitus said ...
Stran 73
... were separate in his thought from the rest of mankind ; and it was at Rome , not at Athens , that the populace applauded the poet's words who Te ' counted noting human unworthy of his regard . ' INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANITY . 73.
... were separate in his thought from the rest of mankind ; and it was at Rome , not at Athens , that the populace applauded the poet's words who Te ' counted noting human unworthy of his regard . ' INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANITY . 73.
Stran 96
... Rome . They have been purchased by the blood of Christ , and are marching together , through whatever pain- ful or toilsome paths , toward the place which he is prepar- ing on high . With him they are the heirs of God , the sons and ...
... Rome . They have been purchased by the blood of Christ , and are marching together , through whatever pain- ful or toilsome paths , toward the place which he is prepar- ing on high . With him they are the heirs of God , the sons and ...
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Stran 493 - Fondly do we hope— fervently do we pray— that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.
Stran 493 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Stran 342 - I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Stran 639 - Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people...
Stran 435 - And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Stran 421 - I and my sons will have received justice at your hands. The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways — I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
Stran 414 - For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles.
Stran 363 - I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge ; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
Stran 375 - It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries, has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments, and conditions, has not only been the highest pattern of virtue but the strongest incentive to its practice...
Stran 436 - Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world ; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead.