Religion and Life: Chapel Addresses by Members of the Faculty of the Meadville Theological SchoolSherman, French, 1909 - 272 pages |
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... better , i . e . , more effective , more good for something , if it exhorted us more often to beware of evils largely mental in origin and char- acter , such , for instance , as prejudice , narrow- mindedness , bigotry and partisanship ...
... better , i . e . , more effective , more good for something , if it exhorted us more often to beware of evils largely mental in origin and char- acter , such , for instance , as prejudice , narrow- mindedness , bigotry and partisanship ...
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... better than to refuse to be positive where you do not know and have no facts before you . It is to such goodness of mind as we mean by thoughtfulness , studiousness , judicial fairness , concentration , accuracy , and discrimination ...
... better than to refuse to be positive where you do not know and have no facts before you . It is to such goodness of mind as we mean by thoughtfulness , studiousness , judicial fairness , concentration , accuracy , and discrimination ...
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... better , i . e . , more competent , more able , more useful than Virtue is excellence ; it is not neces- sarily strength . But this is a mistake too com- monly made , and so the ordinary man , knowing that he has not a strong mind , is ...
... better , i . e . , more competent , more able , more useful than Virtue is excellence ; it is not neces- sarily strength . But this is a mistake too com- monly made , and so the ordinary man , knowing that he has not a strong mind , is ...
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... better than precept in this direction . Well , then , take as a great exam- ple of fairness of mind the most human of all Americans , the great man whose centenary we are observing this year , Abraham Lincoln . Speaking of his uniform ...
... better than precept in this direction . Well , then , take as a great exam- ple of fairness of mind the most human of all Americans , the great man whose centenary we are observing this year , Abraham Lincoln . Speaking of his uniform ...
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... better idea of what life is by asking what is the difference between the living and the dead ? It is that a living thing can move itself while a dead thing cannot . The dead body of Daniel Clarke would have lain forever hidden from the ...
... better idea of what life is by asking what is the difference between the living and the dead ? It is that a living thing can move itself while a dead thing cannot . The dead body of Daniel Clarke would have lain forever hidden from the ...
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Page 28 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death...
Page 14 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 38 - The wrong that pains my soul below I dare not throne above, I know not of His hate, — I know His goodness and His love.
Page 81 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek : he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God...
Page 121 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Page 14 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 234 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying in the night; An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry.
Page 81 - ... The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me ; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all that mourn...
Page 73 - O friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched, Through thee the rose is red. All things through thee take nobler form, And look beyond the earth, The mill-round of our fate appears A sun-path in thy worth. Me too thy nobleness has taught To master my despair; The fountains of my hidden life Are through thy friendship fair.
Page 122 - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son ; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.