The origin of evil and other sermons [by A.W. Momerie].W. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 224 páginas |
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... Suppose He had resorted to the first of the three expedients I have mentioned . If He had not created beings capable of sinning , He could not have created any capable of doing right , for the two things inevitably go together . He only ...
... Suppose He had resorted to the first of the three expedients I have mentioned . If He had not created beings capable of sinning , He could not have created any capable of doing right , for the two things inevitably go together . He only ...
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... Suppose that God , after giving us a moral nature , had shielded us from all temptation — what would have been the result ? Why , this ? We could never have attained to the possession of a good character , for that comes only through ...
... Suppose that God , after giving us a moral nature , had shielded us from all temptation — what would have been the result ? Why , this ? We could never have attained to the possession of a good character , for that comes only through ...
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... suppose Christ was like in person ? There are two statements in the Bible which are generally understood as referring to Him . He was altogether lovely . " " His countenance was marred more than all the sons of men . " Now I apprehend ...
... suppose Christ was like in person ? There are two statements in the Bible which are generally understood as referring to Him . He was altogether lovely . " " His countenance was marred more than all the sons of men . " Now I apprehend ...
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... Suppose your child is leaning from a window at the top of the house , and that he leans a little too far , loses his balance and falls out . Gravitation will inevitably and re- morselessly drag him to the ground unless some one ...
... Suppose your child is leaning from a window at the top of the house , and that he leans a little too far , loses his balance and falls out . Gravitation will inevitably and re- morselessly drag him to the ground unless some one ...
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... suppose that the mind which sees is thereby destroyed . And since we have not the remotest idea of the nature of the connection between mind and body - since we cannot conceive , e.g. , how it is that an impression on the retina ...
... suppose that the mind which sees is thereby destroyed . And since we have not the remotest idea of the nature of the connection between mind and body - since we cannot conceive , e.g. , how it is that an impression on the retina ...
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Página 131 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Página 183 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Página 59 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Página 180 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 59 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Página 218 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Página 241 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Página 26 - Then said the Jews unto him ; Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them ; Verily, verily, I say unto you ; Before Abraham was, I am.
Página 139 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, [Thou shalt not bear false witness,] Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Página 179 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.