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8161 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 April 23, 1885, page 262 paragraph 2
… great argument, he prays with an earnestness only second to that in Gethsemane, that all his followers may be one, that so the world may believe that he was sent …
8162 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 14, 1885, page 292 paragraph 14
… geological argument rests chiefly, upon the observed rates at which geological changes are being effected at the present time, and is open to the obvious …
8163 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 14, 1885, page 292 paragraph 15
… ? This “argument from geological evidence,” is like the famous essay on “Snakes in Ireland,” viz., “There are no snakes in Ireland.” So likewise, there is no geological …
8164 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 21, 1885, page 308 paragraph 1
THE argument from physics is just about as inconclusive as that from “geological evidence.” He says:—
8165 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 21, 1885, page 308 paragraph 3
… . “The argument from tidal retardation proceeds on the admitted fact, that, owing to the friction of the tide-wave, the rotation of the earth is retarded, and is …
8166 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 21, 1885, page 308 paragraph 4
… this argument, taken in connection with the previous one, probably reduces the possible period which can be allowed to geologists to something less than …
8167 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 21, 1885, page 308 paragraph 5
But Mr. Geikie has not yet exhausted his “argument” on the age of the earth; he presents his third from physics, thus:—
8168 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 21, 1885, page 308 paragraph 6
3. “The third argument, based upon the age of the sun’s heat, is confessedly less reliable than the two previous ones.”
8169 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 21, 1885, page 314 paragraph 9
… the argument (and for that reason only), that they have received the Holy Spirit, instead of allowing him to fulfill his office of teacher of the word of God; instead …
8170 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 May 28, 1885, page 324 paragraph 9
… grand argument is this: ( a ) Until the true order of succession of the rocks is accurately determined, the evidence of fossils is worthless. ( b ) Until the true order …
8171 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 June 4, 1885, page 340 paragraph 3
… the argument which we read further.
8172 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 July 30, 1885, page 455 paragraph 11
… no argument as to what is the beast, nor what is his image, nor what it will be to worship them. We simply draw a parallel between the events of the times of Elijah …
8173 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 December 3, 1885, page 730 paragraph 4
… , logical argument, which leaves the doctrine of the immortality of the soul not a particle of ground to rest upon. The 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians is devoted …
8174 The Signs of the Times, vol. 11 December 3, 1885, page 731 paragraph 1
… throughout, and it is the thought of the whole Bible upon this subject. But if the soul be immortal, neither Dr. Clarke’s comment nor Paul’s argument is …
8175 The Signs of the Times, vol. 12 January 28, 1886, page 55 paragraph 2
… the argument.
8176 The Signs of the Times, vol. 12 January 28, 1886, page 56 paragraph 1
… without argument, there being in fact no room for argument between us, because the author of “The Abiding Sabbath,” in these two parts, proves to perfection the …
8177 The Signs of the Times, vol. 12 February 11, 1886, page 89 paragraph 1
… the arguments there used, the author can make it appear that the first day of the week is “the abiding Sabbath.” Well, to tell in a few words what we shall abundantly …
8178 The Signs of the Times, vol. 12 February 11, 1886, page 89 paragraph 17
Besides this, his admission that the decalogue contains transient elements is directly contrary to the argument that he has already made on this very subject. On page 116, he had already written of the ten commandments:—
8179 The Signs of the Times, vol. 12 February 11, 1886, page 89 paragraph 19
… one argument on these transient elements, he manages to put away the precise seventh day, and to put in its place “the seventh of our time;” by another he is enabled …
8180 The Signs of the Times, vol. 12 February 18, 1886, page 102 paragraph 11
… . Elliott’s argument allows, that in Christ’s quoted words there is just as much assertion of the power to set the Sabbath “entirely aside,” or do with it any imaginable …