The Methodist Magazine, Volume 1J. Soule and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, 1818 - Methodist Church |
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THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD DISPLAYED . 1 . CONTEMPLATION OF THE STARRY HEAVENS . Extracted from Sturm's Reflections . THE sky at night presents us a sight of wonders , which must raise the astonishment of every attentive observer ... HEAVENS . 17.
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD DISPLAYED . 1 . CONTEMPLATION OF THE STARRY HEAVENS . Extracted from Sturm's Reflections . THE sky at night presents us a sight of wonders , which must raise the astonishment of every attentive observer ... HEAVENS . 17.
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... brightness tell us , they are suns which reflect as far as to us , not a bor- rowed light , but their own light ; suns which the Creator has sown by millions in the immeasurable space : and each 18 CONTEMPLATION OF THE STARRY HEAVENS .
... brightness tell us , they are suns which reflect as far as to us , not a bor- rowed light , but their own light ; suns which the Creator has sown by millions in the immeasurable space : and each 18 CONTEMPLATION OF THE STARRY HEAVENS .
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... be more and more acquainted with his works , and make it my employment ill , by a glorious change , I rise above the starry regions . THE CARE WHICH PROVIDENCE TAKES OF ANIMALS DURING THE WINTER CONTEMPLATION OF THE STARRY HEAVENS . 19.
... be more and more acquainted with his works , and make it my employment ill , by a glorious change , I rise above the starry regions . THE CARE WHICH PROVIDENCE TAKES OF ANIMALS DURING THE WINTER CONTEMPLATION OF THE STARRY HEAVENS . 19.
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... heavens . From the elephant to the mite , all animals owe to him their dwelling , their food , and their life ; and , even where nature her- self seems barren of resources , he finds means to make amends for her poverty . Let this ...
... heavens . From the elephant to the mite , all animals owe to him their dwelling , their food , and their life ; and , even where nature her- self seems barren of resources , he finds means to make amends for her poverty . Let this ...
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... heaven where parting can never come . " I observed to her that it was a great thing to change worlds , and that God was a consuming fire , and justice knew no forgiveness , and that we were all sinners by nature ; " yes , " said she ...
... heaven where parting can never come . " I observed to her that it was a great thing to change worlds , and that God was a consuming fire , and justice knew no forgiveness , and that we were all sinners by nature ; " yes , " said she ...
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Page 147 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 453 - Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Page 247 - Man, of the substance of his mother, born in the world; perfect God and perfect Man; of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting; equal to the Father, as touching his godhead and inferior to the Father as touching his manhood.
Page 458 - Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
Page 465 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Page 53 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Page 391 - Welcome, sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes! 2 The King himself comes near, And feasts his saints today, Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3 One day amidst the place Where my dear God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin.
Page 246 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible : And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father...
Page 249 - Thus, we repeat, He admonishes men to return to God ; to reestablish their original likeness to him ; and He, who is " the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person...
Page 247 - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...