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... speaking , ethical studies , de- velopments in various directions of the views of morals advocated in the author's earlier works . London , May , 1865 . F. P. C. CONTENTS . CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND THE ETHICS OF CHRIST (
... speaking , ethical studies , de- velopments in various directions of the views of morals advocated in the author's earlier works . London , May , 1865 . F. P. C. CONTENTS . CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND THE ETHICS OF CHRIST (
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... speak words which are to no purpose but harm . 8. Do not covet the property of others . 9. Do not envy . 10. Do not err in the faith or think it false . " The Brahmins , on the contrary , seem at a very early age to have grasped the ...
... speak words which are to no purpose but harm . 8. Do not covet the property of others . 9. Do not envy . 10. Do not err in the faith or think it false . " The Brahmins , on the contrary , seem at a very early age to have grasped the ...
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... speak ; the whole spirit of mo- rality is altered thereby . The standard of right is fixed , and we are henceforth able to perceive that all divergence from it is wrong . Virtue is given a spirit and life it could never possess while ...
... speak ; the whole spirit of mo- rality is altered thereby . The standard of right is fixed , and we are henceforth able to perceive that all divergence from it is wrong . Virtue is given a spirit and life it could never possess while ...
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... speak of the sins of the flesh and make appeals for Penitentiaries or give Temperance lectures , do they ever remind their hearers sitting complacently in their well - cushioned pews , that they may be in a much worse spiritual ...
... speak of the sins of the flesh and make appeals for Penitentiaries or give Temperance lectures , do they ever remind their hearers sitting complacently in their well - cushioned pews , that they may be in a much worse spiritual ...
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... speak or write no bitter words , societies for the reconcilia- tion of enemies , and agape for the preservation of friendship among discordant sects , might then spring up beside Temperance Leagues and Refuge Unions and meetings of ...
... speak or write no bitter words , societies for the reconcilia- tion of enemies , and agape for the preservation of friendship among discordant sects , might then spring up beside Temperance Leagues and Refuge Unions and meetings of ...
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Page 385 - There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Page 435 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 310 - ... what shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Page 435 - For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Page 12 - All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets : Matt, vii, 12.
Page 423 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 96 - Yet if, as holiest men have deem'd, there be A land of souls beyond that sable shore, To shame the doctrine of the Sadducee Aud sophists, madly vain of dubious lore...
Page 11 - 1. Do not kill. 2. Do not steal. 3. Do not commit adultery. 4. Do not lie. 5. Do not slander.
Page 44 - ... he were every day guilty of some himself; and, at the same time, as cautious of committing a fault, as if he never forgave one.
Page 18 - To the like purpose is Mic. vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love MERCY, and walk humbly with thy God ? And also Hos.