 | I. N. Kuhn - Papacy - 1927 - 592 pages
...teacher that professes to represent Christ on earth ; to try every dogma by the sacred scriptures; to prove all things and hold fast that which is good, and to think independently upon whatever his mind is capable of comprehending. As, Protestants, we claim... | |
 | Joseph Charles Philpot - Baptists - 1965 - 206 pages
...you to examine every truth as it is brought before you by the light of God's Spirit in your heart, to "prove all things, and hold fast that which is good." And however deeply some here may feel the vileness of their hearts, remember this, my friends, there is... | |
 | Mormons - 1900 - 498 pages
...and demanded the most serious consideration. He exhorted his hearers to take the apostle's advice, "to prove all things, and hold fast that which is good," and not turn against what they had heard without being fully convinced of its being an imposition, lest... | |
 | Ernest Cassara - Religion - 1997 - 308 pages
...that truth would suffer by investigation. Truth was what I wanted; and, to obtain it, I felt a desire to "Prove all things, and hold fast that which is good." And I felt no more inclination to disturb the meetings of others, nor infringe on their privileges, than... | |
 | Owen Lovejoy - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 504 pages
...proper. We wish not to proselyte. We only wish every one to be fully persuaded in his own mind — to prove all things, and hold fast that which is good. And here we can but exhort the brethren to secure if possible the services of those ministers who think... | |
 | Christian Science - 1915 - 508 pages
...with the varied conditions, natures, temperaments, dispositions, and aspirations of men. It is ours to "prove all things," and "hold fast that which is good," and this not only for ourselves but for others. Treatment may be said to be the working out of another's... | |
 | Mormons - 1907 - 654 pages
...take my word for it?" he asked, taking her hand. "I certainly can not," she said. "We are commanded to prove all things and hold fast that which is good, and that is just what I shall do." "It is just what you are not doing," he said, rather impatiently, "Don't... | |
 | Auburn Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) - Periodicals - 1909 - 552 pages
...a transitional age of Old Testament study, but we cannot be too grateful for the spirit that tries to prove all things and hold fast that which is good. And his constant writing on Old Testament subjects, for the average student has made the name of Auburn... | |
 | Medicine - 1857 - 602 pages
...birth-place of our botanical remedies, but in order to place every remedy on its proper foundation, to prove all things and hold fast that which is good, and that alone. * CASES BY DR. CHAPMAN. CASE I. — INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. — Mr. — , aged 19,... | |
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The object of man's life here clearly is — to separate the good from the evil ; " to prove all things, and hold fast that which is good... 
