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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrasesA. G. Gardiner Adolf Harnack Apostle Bachelor of Arts believe Bible blood all nations brother Buddhism Caesarea Philippi called centuries Christ once stood Christian teaching churches command creed deep disciples divine doctrine earth emphasis face fact of brotherhood faith Father Fatherhood forces fundamental going Gospel of John Gospels Harnack heart heaven holy hood hope human soul Infinite JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE Jesus Christ King kinship of mankind lead Leader Leadership of Jesus Liberia living Lord man's marvel matter mighty mighty Heart mind missionary moral never old paths Old Testament PAUL REVERE personality Plato Progress of Mankind Prophet race Religion religious remind reverence righteous Robert Louis Stevenson Roman citizen Salvation by Character saved seemed sense Shepherd simple simplicity speak spiritual stand sublime idea symbol taught Teacher tenderness things thought tion true truer truth Unitarians upward forever walk therein wholly women words Popular passagesThus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. Page 95 I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To honor his own word as if his God's, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her... Page 74 All these cities were connected with each other, and with the capital, by the public highways, which, issuing from the Forum of Rome, traversed Italy, pervaded the provinces, and were terminated only by the frontiers of the empire. If we carefully trace the distance from the wall of Antoninus to Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great chain of communication, from the north-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty... Page 41 the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man, the leadership of Jesus, salvation by character, and the progress of mankind onward and upward forever. Page 12 Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. Page 57 I see the marks of God in the heavens and the earth; but how much more in a liberal intellect, in magnanimity, in unconquerable rectitude, in a philanthropy which forgives every wrong, and which never despairs of the cause of Christ and human virtue. I do and I must reverence human nature. Neither the sneers of a worldly scepticism, nor the groans of a gloomy theology, disturb my faith in its godlike powers and tendencies. Page 49 But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the Most High. Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand : for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them. Page 82 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust : and they walked in their own counsels. Page 28 Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours. When they see it they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for. And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit, shall say within themselves... Page 77 Is it not strange, the darkest hour That ever dawned on sinful earth Should touch the heart with softer power For comfort than an angel's mirth? Page 111 Other editions
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