A Discourse on the Studies of the UniversityJ. Smith, 1834 - 157 páginas |
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... perhaps he ought to add , as the determination fell in with the ready excuses of a procrastinating spirit ) he re- solved not to publish before the University re- assembled in the October Term . Lest he should be accused of printing a ...
... perhaps he ought to add , as the determination fell in with the ready excuses of a procrastinating spirit ) he re- solved not to publish before the University re- assembled in the October Term . Lest he should be accused of printing a ...
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... perhaps learn to see every thing with an eye of faith , so as to find , in all the dispensations of Providence , a motive for the exercise of holiness . But many of us are , I fear , too little endowed with a spirit leading to a ...
... perhaps learn to see every thing with an eye of faith , so as to find , in all the dispensations of Providence , a motive for the exercise of holiness . But many of us are , I fear , too little endowed with a spirit leading to a ...
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... perhaps half the vices of our nature . Again , the study of the higher sciences is well suited to keep down a spirit of arrogance and in- tellectual pride : for , in disentangling the phenomena of the material world , we encounter ...
... perhaps half the vices of our nature . Again , the study of the higher sciences is well suited to keep down a spirit of arrogance and in- tellectual pride : for , in disentangling the phenomena of the material world , we encounter ...
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... perhaps exhibit a faint sha - X dow of a portion of our Maker's image ; but in the reasoning power , of which we sometimes vainly boast , we bear to him , I believe , no resemblance whatso- ever . Simplicity of character , humility ...
... perhaps exhibit a faint sha - X dow of a portion of our Maker's image ; but in the reasoning power , of which we sometimes vainly boast , we bear to him , I believe , no resemblance whatso- ever . Simplicity of character , humility ...
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... perhaps sup- pose that all of them , are diffused uninterruptedly through every portion of the universe . We are certain that the material of light is at least as far extended as the force of gravitation . It places us at once in ...
... perhaps sup- pose that all of them , are diffused uninterruptedly through every portion of the universe . We are certain that the material of light is at least as far extended as the force of gravitation . It places us at once in ...
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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?