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... tion of evil would have made our world not better than it is , but worse . So far , at any rate , as our present subject is concerned , reason and faith are at one in maintaining that our world is the best of all possible worlds . I ...
... tion of evil would have made our world not better than it is , but worse . So far , at any rate , as our present subject is concerned , reason and faith are at one in maintaining that our world is the best of all possible worlds . I ...
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... tion of a will consists , not in being able to choose only one course , but in being able to choose either of two alternative and opposite courses . Right - doing is right and praiseworthy just because it implies that wrong might have ...
... tion of a will consists , not in being able to choose only one course , but in being able to choose either of two alternative and opposite courses . Right - doing is right and praiseworthy just because it implies that wrong might have ...
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... tion , then we should have this singular anomaly , -that . He who was always passing to a lower state came out at last at the highest . It is true that suffering does sometimes embitter men , and make them harsh and cynical . But even ...
... tion , then we should have this singular anomaly , -that . He who was always passing to a lower state came out at last at the highest . It is true that suffering does sometimes embitter men , and make them harsh and cynical . But even ...
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... tion from a man of such low extraction and such mean surroundings . Christ , therefore , would constantly suffer by being reminded that men judged Him according to His position in society , and that this position was the greatest ...
... tion from a man of such low extraction and such mean surroundings . Christ , therefore , would constantly suffer by being reminded that men judged Him according to His position in society , and that this position was the greatest ...
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... tion of untended wounds , all intensified just up to that point at which they can be endured , but all stopping short for long weary hours of the point which gives to the sufferer the re- lief of unconsciousness . Every variety of an ...
... tion of untended wounds , all intensified just up to that point at which they can be endured , but all stopping short for long weary hours of the point which gives to the sufferer the re- lief of unconsciousness . Every variety of an ...
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Page 61 - 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 133 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Page 185 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Page 61 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 105 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take : ivhen he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 182 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 220 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Page 28 - Then said the Jews unto him ; Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them ; Verily, verily, I say unto you ; Before Abraham was, I am.
Page 141 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, [Thou shalt not bear false witness,] Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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