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Page 81
... piety is worthless . Many have fallen into the error , that there can be no excess in feelings which have God for their object ; and , distrusting as coldness that self - possession , without which virtue and devotion lose all their ...
... piety is worthless . Many have fallen into the error , that there can be no excess in feelings which have God for their object ; and , distrusting as coldness that self - possession , without which virtue and devotion lose all their ...
Page 83
... piety seems at war with reason , we pay it little respect . We honor religion too much to give its sacred name to a ... piety . We regard the spirit of love , charity , meekness , for- giveness , liberality , and beneficence , as ...
... piety seems at war with reason , we pay it little respect . We honor religion too much to give its sacred name to a ... piety . We regard the spirit of love , charity , meekness , for- giveness , liberality , and beneficence , as ...
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... piety , are , with rare ex- ceptions , found unreadable ; such a change is there in the doctrines . Now who shall tell us that the change is to stop here ? That this sect or that , or even all sects united , have exhausted the river of ...
... piety , are , with rare ex- ceptions , found unreadable ; such a change is there in the doctrines . Now who shall tell us that the change is to stop here ? That this sect or that , or even all sects united , have exhausted the river of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
UNITARIAN CHRISTIANITY | 47 |
THE DIVINITY SCHOOL ADDRESS | 90 |
Copyright | |
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Three Prophets of Religious Liberalism: Channing, Emerson, Parker Conrad Wright Limited preview - 1986 |
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