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... Church Union Chronicle as teaching in it ' Pantheism , ' and as unfairly attacking High Churchmen . To this he replied in the following letter : - ' In the columns of the Brighton Guardian , denominated the South Church Union Chronicle ...
... Church Union Chronicle as teaching in it ' Pantheism , ' and as unfairly attacking High Churchmen . To this he replied in the following letter : - ' In the columns of the Brighton Guardian , denominated the South Church Union Chronicle ...
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Frederick William Robertson. the South Church Union Chronicle , I see some strictures on certain expressions ... churches : certain consecrated times , called Sabbaths , fast days , and so forth : certain consecrated acts , sacramental ...
Frederick William Robertson. the South Church Union Chronicle , I see some strictures on certain expressions ... churches : certain consecrated times , called Sabbaths , fast days , and so forth : certain consecrated acts , sacramental ...
Page xv
... of the individual conscience , in virtue of which it was not com- petent for any priest , or church , to dictate to men the terms of their belief . Probably the controversy with Popery would be more effectual and PREFACE . XV.
... of the individual conscience , in virtue of which it was not com- petent for any priest , or church , to dictate to men the terms of their belief . Probably the controversy with Popery would be more effectual and PREFACE . XV.
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... Church of England's Independence of the Church of Rome ; it is for the first time published here . It is marked by careful historical research , as well as by its freedom from merely passionate appeals to prejudice , while it is firm ...
... Church of England's Independence of the Church of Rome ; it is for the first time published here . It is marked by careful historical research , as well as by its freedom from merely passionate appeals to prejudice , while it is firm ...
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... a day of conventional flattery and mutual self - laudation . 1 See " The Church's Message to Men of Wealth ; " published in the First Series of his Sermons . CONTENTS . AN ADDRESS • · Delivered at the Opening xviii PREFACE .
... a day of conventional flattery and mutual self - laudation . 1 See " The Church's Message to Men of Wealth ; " published in the First Series of his Sermons . CONTENTS . AN ADDRESS • · Delivered at the Opening xviii PREFACE .
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Page 176 - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 110 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 5 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 164 - Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle : sensation, soul, and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live, And by them did he live ; they were his life. In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired.
Page 144 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 156 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 279 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Page 7 - As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That man to man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a
Page 114 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 125 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...