You believe, then, on the same authority in the existence of witches, enchanters, and magicians," rejoined Mr. Mowbray ; "for, if I recollect rightly, the one fact is as clearly asserted aS the other." " I never troubled my head much about them," said... Geraldine; Or, Modes of Faith and Practice. A Tale - Page 225by Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1821 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1820 - 298 pages
...as clearly revealed as the other." " I never troubled my head much about them, said Mr. Wentworth; but they existed, or they would not be mentioned in...and proper to believe it ; and because my fathers before me believed it." " Let us be thankful, my good friend/' exclaimed Mr. Mowbray, " that you wen}... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...clearly asserted as the other." " I never troubled my head much about them," said Mr. Wentworth ; " but they existed, or they would not be mentioned in...right and proper to believe it, and because my fathers before me believed it." " Let us be thankful, my good friend," exclaimed Mr. Mowbray, " that you were... | |
| Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...of Christ, but that he wished, before he talked with any one on the subject of his conversion, to be able to give a reason for the hope that was in him. When thus prepared he no longer closed his door against any, and the women who brought their spinning... | |
| Baptists - 1830 - 602 pages
...didactic, than polemic. He aims more to enlighten his opponent, than to refute his arguments. He was well able to give a reason for the hope that was in him, and he does so wit k meekness and fear. With the full exercise of candour towards those who differed... | |
| 1831 - 858 pages
...some evidence of its reality. From first to last, according to the degree of his experience, Jolin was able to give a reason for the hope that was in him, and this ground of hope was founded in the concurrence of his own feelings and convictions with the... | |
| 1847 - 396 pages
...take for granted the doctrines and sentiments he professed. And, having thoroughly ascertained, he was able to give a ' reason for the hope that was in him.' Truths thus imbibed were most firmly and tenaciously held. And, at one time, he had to ' contend earnestly... | |
| Unitarianism - 1842 - 642 pages
...Church ere the last spark of life should depart. Had his strength permitted, well would he have been able to give a reason for the hope that was in him. The attempt was doubtless made in Christian kindness, but it failed, and I hope, the result of it was... | |
| Septimus Sears - 1854 - 788 pages
...of Christ, but that he wished before he talked with any one on the subject of his conversion to be able to give a reason for the hope that was in him. When thus prepared he no longer closed his door against any ; and the women who brought their spinning... | |
| Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1859 - 204 pages
...answered abruptly, " Do you take me for a parson ? " He was ashamed in the presence of a Jew not to be able to give a reason for the hope that was in him ; he was ashamed, perhaps, to feel how much less interest he had taken in the important subject than... | |
| 1868 - 588 pages
...He knew well the plan of salvation. His love abounded in knowledge and in all judgment; and he was well ' able to give a reason for the hope that was in him.' It was sincere, and no mere make-believe. Its residence and empire were in the heart. It was robust.... | |
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