The Choir Invisible and Other SermonsG. H. Ellis, 1899 - 113 стор. |
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... given enough of them , make up the aggregates which we call character and progress and success , - the multitudes of humble folk , the sum of whose activities are more important than the towering personalities of the exceptional and god ...
... given enough of them , make up the aggregates which we call character and progress and success , - the multitudes of humble folk , the sum of whose activities are more important than the towering personalities of the exceptional and god ...
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... given a moral crisis , the best comes to the fore ; and I believe that this is so . But it is so because in the moments that we call uncritical , the moments of life's daily commonplace experience , men's moral choices are habitually of ...
... given a moral crisis , the best comes to the fore ; and I believe that this is so . But it is so because in the moments that we call uncritical , the moments of life's daily commonplace experience , men's moral choices are habitually of ...
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... in the present tense , some of the bad things to which modern thought has given their quietus , and some of the good things it has brought to light ; for it is only fair that these things should be OUR GAINS AND LOSSES.
... in the present tense , some of the bad things to which modern thought has given their quietus , and some of the good things it has brought to light ; for it is only fair that these things should be OUR GAINS AND LOSSES.
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... given up ! If , as the doleful prophesy , agnosticism should soon be the only wear , would it not be infinitely preferable to such doctrines and beliefs as these ? Would it not be vastly more comfortable and pleasant not to believe in ...
... given up ! If , as the doleful prophesy , agnosticism should soon be the only wear , would it not be infinitely preferable to such doctrines and beliefs as these ? Would it not be vastly more comfortable and pleasant not to believe in ...
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... given us , in what we call comparative religion , a science which has obliterated the distinction of true and false be- tween one religion and another , also the distinctions of natural and supernatural , natural and revealed , - a ...
... given us , in what we call comparative religion , a science which has obliterated the distinction of true and false be- tween one religion and another , also the distinctions of natural and supernatural , natural and revealed , - a ...
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Сторінка 62 - When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Сторінка 56 - Do I find love so full in my nature, God's ultimate gift, That I doubt his own love can compete with it? Here, the parts shift? Here, the creature surpass the Creator, — the end, what Began?
Сторінка 39 - We believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible. And in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father...
Сторінка 15 - This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Сторінка 36 - The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has not where to lay his head.
Сторінка 93 - For us the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure.
Сторінка 105 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Сторінка 63 - And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Сторінка 62 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Сторінка 63 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.