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... conduct , leav- ing non - essentials where they belong , on one side . In other words , after all the centuries of theological de- bate and ecclesiastical strife , and especially after the last hundred years of scientific and ...
... conduct , leav- ing non - essentials where they belong , on one side . In other words , after all the centuries of theological de- bate and ecclesiastical strife , and especially after the last hundred years of scientific and ...
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... conduct , and is a very slave to the conditions which such laws create . " Dr. Brinton approvingly quotes a statement by Pro- fessor Granger that " religion in the ancient world comprised every social function , " and adds : " What was ...
... conduct , and is a very slave to the conditions which such laws create . " Dr. Brinton approvingly quotes a statement by Pro- fessor Granger that " religion in the ancient world comprised every social function , " and adds : " What was ...
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... conduct in the present life . . . There is , in fact , not any one item in any creed which is accepted by all religions . " • In what , then , does the essence of religion consist ? Let us see whether a few leading definitions of ...
... conduct in the present life . . . There is , in fact , not any one item in any creed which is accepted by all religions . " • In what , then , does the essence of religion consist ? Let us see whether a few leading definitions of ...
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... conduct in the individual where his interests and the interests of the social organism are antagonistic , and by which the former are rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interests of the evolution which the race is ...
... conduct in the individual where his interests and the interests of the social organism are antagonistic , and by which the former are rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interests of the evolution which the race is ...
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... conduct , with a view to estab- lishing favorable relations between ourselves and the Power or Powers in question . " 11 Perhaps these various definitions do not greatly help us - mere definitions of any matter seldom do ; but they may ...
... conduct , with a view to estab- lishing favorable relations between ourselves and the Power or Powers in question . " 11 Perhaps these various definitions do not greatly help us - mere definitions of any matter seldom do ; but they may ...
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Page 102 - But he said; Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Page 102 - The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field : but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Page 91 - And, moved through life of lower phase, Result in man, be born and think, And act and love, a closer link Betwixt us and the crowning race Of those that, eye to eye, shall look On knowledge ; under whose command Is Earth and Earth's, and in their hand Is Nature like an open book...
Page 28 - ... made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him...
Page 74 - Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Page 115 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 74 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 23 - A religion is a form of belief, providing an ultrarational sanction for that large class of conduct in the individual where his interests and the interests of the social organism are antagonistic, and by which the former are rendered subordinate to the latter in the general interests of the evolution which the race is undergoing.
Page 48 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Page 102 - But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him; Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said unto them; An enemy hath done this.