The Idea of God: Historical, Critical, ConstructiveMacmillan, 1922 - 343 pages |
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Absolute According action activity affirmed appears Aristotle aspect attributes become cause Christ Christian church conceived conception conception of God cosmological cosmological argument creation creative defined definition divine doctrine dynamic elements ence ends essential eternal ethical existence faith finite Greek hand heaven Hebrew Hegel Herbert Spencer highest Horace Bushnell human experience idea idea of God ideal immanent imperfect individual infinite intelligence interpretation involves Jesus justice Kant knowledge Leibnitz meaning ment metaphysical mind Monad moral evil nature Neo-Platonism ness never ontological argument organism pantheism perfect personality philosophy Plato point of view postulate prayer present principle Professor purely purpose question rational reality realized reason referred relation religion religious experience revealed self-consciousness social soul speculative Spinoza static supreme teleological argument teleology tendency Theism theologians theology theory things thinkers thought tion traditional transcendence Trinity truth unity universe values wholly word
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Page 173 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Page 213 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.
Page 320 - Thou wilt not leave us in the dust: Thou madest man, he knows not why, — He thinks he was not made to die; And thou hast made him : thou art just.
Page 160 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
Page 323 - Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Page 186 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift sword. His truth is marching on.
Page 335 - He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
Page 171 - Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole!" As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, " All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!
Page 319 - And he said unto him ; Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.
Page 334 - Death, the purport of all Life, is not well provided for?) I do not doubt that wrecks at sea, no matter what the horrors of them, no matter whose wife, child, husband, father, lover, has gone down, are provided for, to the minutest points, I do not doubt that whatever can possibly happen anywhere at any time, is provided for in the inherences of things, I do not think Life provides for all and for Time and Space, but I believe Heavenly Death provides for all.