Spiritual Wives: Complete in One Volume

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Hurst & Blackett, 1868 - 476 páginas
 

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Página 250 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Página 212 - God which is given me to you-ward: how that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit...
Página 251 - In a holy community, there is no more reason why sexual intercourse should be restrained by law, than why eating and drinking should be — and there is as little occasion for shame in the one case as in the other.
Página 312 - All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient : all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Página 251 - I will write all that is in my heart on one delicate subject, and you may judge .for yourself whether it is expedient to show this letter to others. When the will of God is done on earth as it is in heaven, there will be no marriage.
Página 252 - She is dear in the hand of a stranger, and according to my promise to her I rejoice. My claim upon her cuts directly across the marriage covenant of this world, and God knows the end.
Página 464 - Descriptive notice of the Countries, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Cities, Towns, etc., in every part of the Globe, with the most Recent and Authentic Information. II. — The Names of all Important places, etc., both in their Native and Foreign Languages, with the PRONUNCIATION of the same — a Feature never attempted in any other Work. III. — The Classical Names of all Ancient Places, so far as they can be accurately ascertained from the best Authorities.
Página 352 - The very first conception of a Socialistic State is such a relation of the sexes/' again writes Mr. Hepworth Dixon, " as shall prevent men and women from falling into selfish family groups. Family life is eternally at war with social life. When you have a private household you must have personal property to feed it ; hence a community of goods — the first idea of a Social State — has been found in every case to imply a community of children and to promote a community of wives. That you cannot...
Página 155 - ... to a chapter in his book styled " The Abode of Love," in which the author gives a description, in very glowing language, of a visit to the Agapemone in Somersetshire, of its inmates, its church with three ladies in it playing a piano, and a billiard-table, and of Sister Zoe, one of its inmates — " one of those rare feminine creatures who lash poets into song, who drive artists to despair, and cause common mortals to risk their souls for love " — " young, lithe, and dressed in the purest taste.
Página 464 - Places, so far as they can be accurately ascertained from the best Authorities. IV. — A Complete Etymological Vocabulary of Geographical Names. V. — An elaborate Introduction, explanatory of the Principles of Pronunciation of Names in the Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh Languages.

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