| New Church gen. confer - 1852 - 494 pagine
...phenomena of the material world are as we find them. Throughout the universe, whatever exists, exists not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of something higher and nobler than itself. Night does not unroll its shades solely that the body may... | |
| 1816 - 802 pagine
...author to commit this abortion of his genius to the flames! I remain, a sincere friend to Unitarianism, not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of that Christianity of which I deem it the purest form. AA SIR, THE follow ing circumstance I know will... | |
| 1836 - 878 pagine
...with it languish and die away in isolated spots. The church of Lyons should therefore he made strong, not so much for its own sake as for the sake of the little detached churches of the surrounding depart* u, which have sprung up so numci ously of late... | |
| 1828 - 384 pagine
...lead to the discovery of others : for a lie, whether poetical or not, is often upheld by the framer, not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of others, which must stand aud fall with it. No two names can be less alike in sound than Bellerophon... | |
| William M'Gavin - 1833 - 764 pagine
...with such a man ; and the reader must have patience with me, while I attempt to answer the argument, not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of its dignified author. I reply, then, that the Bible was not given for the purpose of instructing us... | |
| 1836 - 508 pagine
...with it languish and die away in isolated spots. The Church of Lyons should therefore be made strong, not so much for its own sake as for the sake of the little detached Churches of the surrounding departments, which have sprung up so numerously of... | |
| Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1847 - 426 pagine
...distribution of charities at Jerusalem. (Acts vi.) Although their appointment is only mentioned incidentally, not so much for its own sake as for the sake of introducing the history of the forerunner of St. Paul,—yet it may so far be regarded as in itself... | |
| Charles Egan - 1848 - 200 pagine
...as to overcome his conviction in favour of the conclusion to which he had come. He made this remark not so much for its own sake as for the sake of a consideration of much greater import. Much as the subject had been debated, both in print and verbally,... | |
| 1850 - 588 pagine
...inclemency of the season (it was only the 27th of February). Confident that this miracle had been wrought, not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of conveying to them some important admonition from above, they sent some of their number to relate the... | |
| William Edward Baxter - 1850 - 412 pagine
...impeding the prosperity of Piedmont. We take a deep interest in the welfare of that little state, — not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of that Italy which lies helpless and bleeding at the feet of priestcraft and bureaucracy.* Leaving Turin... | |
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