The Philosophy of Spirits in Relation to Matter: Shewing the Real Existence of Two Very Distinct Kinds of Entity which Unite to Form the Different Bodies that Compose the Universe, Organic and Inorganic, by which the Phenomena of Light, Heat, Electricity, Motion, Life, Mind, Etc., are Reconciled and ExplainedS. Highley, 1850 - 312 pages |
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... Creator . If philosophy makes , therefore , any demand upon our belief , it is only on account of the very high and complete order of evidence we have received of its truth- fulness and stability , -an evidence that forces us to rely on ...
... Creator . If philosophy makes , therefore , any demand upon our belief , it is only on account of the very high and complete order of evidence we have received of its truth- fulness and stability , -an evidence that forces us to rely on ...
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... Creator , but to the different matters and bodies that surround him , philo- sophy is almost wholly silent , possessing little or no power or means to unfold them ; so that we are called upon to be most scrupulously correct and vigilant ...
... Creator , but to the different matters and bodies that surround him , philo- sophy is almost wholly silent , possessing little or no power or means to unfold them ; so that we are called upon to be most scrupulously correct and vigilant ...
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... Creator has made to act the one upon the other in the production of all those qualities we observe to characterise the natural bodies around us , and of all those phenomena hitherto termed the laws of nature ; and that these two very ...
... Creator has made to act the one upon the other in the production of all those qualities we observe to characterise the natural bodies around us , and of all those phenomena hitherto termed the laws of nature ; and that these two very ...
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... Creator in bringing into sensible existence the whole living creation , so here , in the first instance , we behold Him , by means of a power which He alone pos- sesses , bringing immaterial substances to bear upon those that are of a ...
... Creator in bringing into sensible existence the whole living creation , so here , in the first instance , we behold Him , by means of a power which He alone pos- sesses , bringing immaterial substances to bear upon those that are of a ...
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... Creator to assure us of the reality of immaterial as well as of ma- terial things , says " The invisible things from the creation of the world are clearly seen , being understood by the things that are made ; " hereby evidently marking ...
... Creator to assure us of the reality of immaterial as well as of ma- terial things , says " The invisible things from the creation of the world are clearly seen , being understood by the things that are made ; " hereby evidently marking ...
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Page 161 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 220 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 226 - These things said he : and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth : but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.
Page 298 - Spirit is given to every man to profit withal ; for to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; to another faith by the same Spirit, to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to 'another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally...
Page 211 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 267 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle.
Page 212 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
Page 227 - And the hour is coming when all that are in the graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth: they that have done good unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation
Page 14 - 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 the light are both alike to thee.
Page 298 - ... how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?