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...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essentia...

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...ART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE.....137 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.....143 THE COMING OF MESSIAH...151 CHAPTER I.....151 CHAPTER II....160 CHAPTER III....163 CHAPTER IV....167 CHAPTER V.....168 ARTICLE I.......

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...T, LONDON MDCCCXXVII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 -ii- CONTENTS DEDICATION. ............ ............................................................................129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK .................................................... ...nd the Son, and the Holy Ghost, under that seal including Protestants, Roman Catholics, Greek church, Armenians, &c. and all the sects of each, as S... ...e earth an ark of testimony; and to that end will turn his Holy Spirit unto his ancient people the Jews, and bring unto them those days of refreshin... ...and real character upon the other; both centering in and radiating out from the Jewish people.’ And this appeared to me to be written in these the ... ...al authority; bringing in his behalf the authority of St. Chrysostom, Origen, and other Greek fathers, who had been of his opinion: to which St. Aug... ...32- I know not, my friend, what it is that drives us back! Perhaps we fear the fall and descent of the stone, the coming of the Lord in glory and maj... ...hat it is against them that he cometh. Perhaps we fear the consequences of the fall and descent of the stone? That is, that the stone should become ... ...thousand years, without, as it were, taking a step or movement beyond; for although the Ottoman princes, who professed that religion, have made great...

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...Excerpt: Subject Of Contention. One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the househ...

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...redith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ade it sound hollow to their music. Milk, and no cows anywhere; numbers of people, and no acquaintances among them; my thoughts were occupied by the s... ...twithstanding my father’s elo- quent talk of ruling a realm, shepherding a people, hurling British thunderbolts. The day’s discipline was, that its se... ... relief when the old woman was wrapped in the blanket which had broken her descent, and stood like a blot instead of a figure. I handed a sovereign to... ...’s!’ said Temple. The firemen were on the roofs of the houses, handsome as Greek heroes, and it really did look as if they were engaged in slaying an ... ...dig- nity reflect on the dreadful hiatus in our studies. ‘Is that Latin or Greek?’ he asked. I would not reply to the cold-blooded question. He said t... ...of animation across his features, like a brook that comes to the leap on a descent, and he left us. Captain DeWitt and I were led by a common attracti... ...ther stooped low. ‘The Grand Seigneur, your servant, dear princess, was an Ottoman Turk, and his Grand Vizier advised him to send flowers in his place...