Sacred Scriptures of the World: Being Selections of the Most Devotional and Ethical Portions of the Ancient Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, to which Have Been Added Kindred Selections from Other Ancient Scriptures ...

Martin Kellogg Schermerhorn

G.P. Putnam, 1883 - 406 стор.

guage and imagery of the ancient Hebrews	1

Moses vision of the burning bush	8

HEBREW SCRIPTURES SAMUEL	17

Legend of Elijah fed by the ravens and by the unfailing meal and oil of the poor	24

Happiness to be found only in the pursuit of wisdom and in the practice of virtue	70

True philanthrophy grieves for wrongdoers while it hates and condemns their	79

HEBREW SCRIPTURES EZEKIEL	86

Jesus deeply moved by the preaching of John retires into the wilderness for prayer	97

Precepts of morality and religion to be observed by all who profess to follow Christ	233

LETTER TO THE COLOSSIANS	239

LETTERS TO TIMOTHY	245

A SELECTION FROM THE LETTER TO TITUS	252

Though temptations to evil proceed from the lusts of the body and not from God	264

THE REVELATION	276

PERSIAN SCRIPTURES GENERAL SELECTIONS	283

HINDU SCRIPTURES GENERAL SELECTIONS	293

Jesus disregards the traditional observance of the Sabbath and shows that it is	110

An example of the cowardice and shame of suppressing opinions through fear	116

Jesus shows that whosoever will enter into the kingdom of God must be born again	123

Jesus shows that he is one with the Father in spirit and in purpose but denies	139

Jesus shows that love among his disciples for one another and for him will	146

Peter denies Jesus and repents Judas repents and hangs himself Jesus	153

The early followers of Jesus organize themselves into a community and	162

Driven from place to place Paul and Silas at length come to Athens where Paul	175

Paul rehearses the incidents of his conversion and enrages the Jews by proclaim	181

CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES LETTERS	190

The reign of law and the reign of love contrasted Law only reveals the baseness	196

Only those who strive to be pure in heart and life should be admitted to or retained	208

The resurrection is spiritual survival or a rising up of the spirit from the power	215

Every true benefactor of men faithfully rebukes error and wrong and also opposes	221

BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES GENERAL SELECTIONS	299

CHINESE SCRIPTURES GENERAL SELECTIONS	305

Death is only a phase of life the soul is immortal and for the purified there are pure	312

Fragments gathered from the writings of Plato in which are stated the reasons and	320

Fragments gathered from the writings of Plato in which are taught the principle held	326

THE WRITINGS OF PLUTARCH	335

Fragmentary selections from Plutarchs discourse on Anger its nature evil results	343

Fragmentary selections from the discourse of Plutarch on The Slowness of Divine	350

Humanity a brotherhood with love as its bond all therefore should help all	352

IV	362

IV	370

Our highest good consists in loyalty to our highest convictions and in faithfully doing	380

Tranquillity of mind the highest of attainments and entire submission to the will	396

ARABIAN SCRIPTURES GENERAL SELECTIONS	403

SACRED SCRIPTURES OF THE WORLD
Martin K. (Martin Kellogg) Schermerhorn
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Назва	Sacred Scriptures of the World: Being Selections of the Most Devotional and Ethical Portions of the Ancient Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, to which Have Been Added Kindred Selections from Other Ancient Scriptures ...
Редактор	Martin Kellogg Schermerhorn
Зведено	Martin Kellogg Schermerhorn
Видавець	G.P. Putnam, 1883
Оригінал із	Університет Вірджинії
Оцифровано	4 чер. 2008
Обсяг	406 стор.

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