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.... " You are asking bread from a hungry man. For though I have known what it is to have spiritual supplies heretofore, my liberty of spirit seems at present as much obstructed as my voice. Still you have with you the omnipresent Lord, who once visited us from the bosom of the Father, clothed in the nature of man-a name which before had been out of repute in heaven: but which He has now made honorable among angels, and has rendered graciously acceptable to God. Here then is our light; contemplate it with steadfast eye; sweep away, if possible, out of its beams everything unholy and unclean; read, and pray, and praise; yea, persevere in such exercises. ' Give thyself wholly to them,' and apply all to your personal spiritual improvement."
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" I beseech you, my dear friend, to abide by that one dictum, It is written,' and leave, ' It appears to us,' to the philosophers..... Theological verities themselves, in their harmony and beauty, are to be looked for in the Scriptures alone; it is there we find their best mutual illustration; and we must ever consider the sacred volume as its own safest and best interpreter."
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"As we cannot contemplate a globe without observing how round and complete it is, so, to an attentive observer, are the scriptures of the Old and New Testament. I cannot conclude without reminding myself and you, that all doubts are more easily resolved by prayer and retired communion with our own heart, than by any argumentative proofs."
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"It is only in the Bible that the all-pure Spirit of God breathes; I am afraid of human theology lest it " savor the things which be of man."