Religion and Life: Chapel Addresses by Members of the Faculty of the Meadville Theological SchoolSherman, French, 1909 - 272 pages |
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... once believe that we are to live forever . We may say that it gives a seriousness to life . We should be more careful what we did were we obliged to remember it as long as we are alive . Let each one feel that he is to live for one ...
... once believe that we are to live forever . We may say that it gives a seriousness to life . We should be more careful what we did were we obliged to remember it as long as we are alive . Let each one feel that he is to live for one ...
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... , Shall have fadeless flowers to fix on , In an ever spring - bright clime . There we find the joy of loving , As we never loved before , Loving on , unchilled , unhindered , Loving once , A DEFINITION OF RELIGION 27.
... , Shall have fadeless flowers to fix on , In an ever spring - bright clime . There we find the joy of loving , As we never loved before , Loving on , unchilled , unhindered , Loving once , A DEFINITION OF RELIGION 27.
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... once , and forever more . " Religion has , I believe , lost some of its stirring power , because it does not lead men and women to feel that they are to live through years that have no limit , and because it has failed to insist that ...
... once , and forever more . " Religion has , I believe , lost some of its stirring power , because it does not lead men and women to feel that they are to live through years that have no limit , and because it has failed to insist that ...
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... once all our thoughts and feel- ings were known to those who are about us . What emotions of hate and revenge and jealousy would at once go from our minds were they seen by our friends ! What shudders come upon us at 32 RELIGION AND LIFE.
... once all our thoughts and feel- ings were known to those who are about us . What emotions of hate and revenge and jealousy would at once go from our minds were they seen by our friends ! What shudders come upon us at 32 RELIGION AND LIFE.
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... once the unfortunate citizen was banished from the eternal city , he had to go out among the bar- barians of the north , or the uncivilized races of South Africa , or away among the unknown tribes of the east . We can believe that in ...
... once the unfortunate citizen was banished from the eternal city , he had to go out among the bar- barians of the north , or the uncivilized races of South Africa , or away among the unknown tribes of the east . We can believe that in ...
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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.