A Discourse on the Studies of the UniversityJ. Smith, 1834 - 157 páginas |
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... ment , having their souls filled with other truths , thought little of the laws of nature : but they tell us of the immutable perfections of our heavenly Father , and describe him as a being in whom is no variableness or shadow of ...
... ment , having their souls filled with other truths , thought little of the laws of nature : but they tell us of the immutable perfections of our heavenly Father , and describe him as a being in whom is no variableness or shadow of ...
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... can observe , their internal mechanism we can partly trace : but when we consider the vital powers connected with their origin and develope- ment , we find ourselves among phenomena out of the ken of our senses , and removed beyond our 23.
... can observe , their internal mechanism we can partly trace : but when we consider the vital powers connected with their origin and develope- ment , we find ourselves among phenomena out of the ken of our senses , and removed beyond our 23.
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... of the shadow of death , and reach and dwell in a land where death and darkness have heard the doom of everlasting banish- ment . : In ending this portion of my discourse , let me exhort you not only to mingle thoughts like these with 31.
... of the shadow of death , and reach and dwell in a land where death and darkness have heard the doom of everlasting banish- ment . : In ending this portion of my discourse , let me exhort you not only to mingle thoughts like these with 31.
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... ment , mainly on the conduct of the mind in early life and during the changes of advancing years cannot perhaps be so well upheld by any ordinary means as by a steady habit of seeing , and adoring with thankfulness of heart , the wisdom ...
... ment , mainly on the conduct of the mind in early life and during the changes of advancing years cannot perhaps be so well upheld by any ordinary means as by a steady habit of seeing , and adoring with thankfulness of heart , the wisdom ...
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... ment . I would ever wish to speak with reverence of a man whose name is an honour to our academic body , and who did , I believe , during his time , much more for the cause of revealed truth than any other writer of his country . His ...
... ment . I would ever wish to speak with reverence of a man whose name is an honour to our academic body , and who did , I believe , during his time , much more for the cause of revealed truth than any other writer of his country . His ...
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Página 96 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Página 17 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Página 73 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Página 13 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Página 13 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Página 129 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Página 102 - By this way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients ; and from motions to the forces producing them ; and, in general, from effects to their causes ; and from particular causes to more general ones, till the argument end in the most general. This is the method of analysis. And the synthesis consists in assuming the causes discovered, and established as principles, and by them explaining the phenomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
Página 69 - The motive for continuing in the same state or action is only the present satisfaction in it; the motive to change is always some uneasiness; nothing setting us upon the change of state, or upon any new action, but some uneasiness. This is the great motive that works on the mind to put it upon action, which for shortness' sake we will call "determining of the will" ; which I shall more at large explain.
Página 21 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Página 14 - Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born ? or because the number of thy days is great ? Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?