Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 2O. Everett, 1825 |
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... happiness , derived peculiarly and imme- diately from our religion , which may be enjoyed by a sincere Christian under all circumstances . In the first place , he believes that God exists ; and that all things are under his providence ...
... happiness , derived peculiarly and imme- diately from our religion , which may be enjoyed by a sincere Christian under all circumstances . In the first place , he believes that God exists ; and that all things are under his providence ...
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... happiness of life . But in immediate connexion with his trust in the mercy of God , is the belief to which the thoughts of a good man are continually recurring , that this life is but the commencement , and regarded in itself , a most ...
... happiness of life . But in immediate connexion with his trust in the mercy of God , is the belief to which the thoughts of a good man are continually recurring , that this life is but the commencement , and regarded in itself , a most ...
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... happiness depends much more upon our character , than upon the circumstances in which we may be placed ; much more upon those causes which are under our control , than upon those which are beyond it . To the troubled and uncertain ...
... happiness depends much more upon our character , than upon the circumstances in which we may be placed ; much more upon those causes which are under our control , than upon those which are beyond it . To the troubled and uncertain ...
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... happiness , which a good man may always en- joy . It is the complacency arising from the consciousness of having acted virtuously and honourably . The better sects of the ancient philosophers maintained , that virtue was the only ...
... happiness , which a good man may always en- joy . It is the complacency arising from the consciousness of having acted virtuously and honourably . The better sects of the ancient philosophers maintained , that virtue was the only ...
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... happiness and life , that men are too ready to fancy there has been little distinction between the kingdom of Christ , and the kingdoms of the world . But all this , it should be observed , was only the ordinary out- breaking of human ...
... happiness and life , that men are too ready to fancy there has been little distinction between the kingdom of Christ , and the kingdoms of the world . But all this , it should be observed , was only the ordinary out- breaking of human ...
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Page 178 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 94 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 272 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance ; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 314 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 426 - If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest: because I said I am the Son of God?
Page 40 - At another time it was opened in me, " That God, who made the world, did not dwell in temples made with hands.
Page 30 - ... a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...
Page 435 - When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Page 339 - Thy favour, all my journey through, Thou art engaged to grant ; What else I want, or think I do, 'Tis better still to want.
Page 298 - E'en children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.