The Realities of the Christian ReligionUniversity of Chicago Press, 1918 - 58 pages |
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acquaintance with Jesus Adoniram Judson attitude believe Bible blessing Book of Daniel Book of Revelation chap Christ Christian living comes communion Compare consciousness Consider day.-Read death divine doctrine early Christians expression faith feel fellowship with Jesus friendship with Jesus give glory God's purpose gospel Gospel of John Hebrew Hermas human hymn ideal inner INSTITUTE OF SACRED Isaiah Israel Jehovah Jeremiah Jerusalem justice kind Kingdom Kingdom of God Lord Luther means moral Note Notice Old Testament one's Paul Paul's poem prayer prophet QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW Read Isa Read Luke Read Mark Read Matt realities realize religion religious experience religious habits repentance revelation righteous SACRED LITERATURE saved Seventh day Shepherd of Hermas Simeon Stylites Sixteenth day social salvation soul spiritual stanzas Tennyson thee thou thought trust Twenty-fifth day Twenty-sixth Twenty-third day universe vision wonderful words writer
Popular passages
Page 54 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 18 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Page 37 - Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Page 55 - Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore...
Page 10 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and...
Page 37 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Page 51 - JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 55 - And so beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where his islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond his love and care.
Page 18 - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Page 10 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.