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... the hot - headed partizans — as all earnest men of that age were wont to be -
of all creeds and all policies . At a stage of perverted ecclesiastical evolution ,
when the idea , both primary and central , of the Founder of Christianity had 200
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... the hot - headed partizans — as all earnest men of that age were wont to be -
of all creeds and all policies . At a stage of perverted ecclesiastical evolution ,
when the idea , both primary and central , of the Founder of Christianity had 200
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primary and central , of the Founder of Christianity had died out of the Church of
His planting — just as the regenerating graff perishes from the stock , leaving it to
relapse to its original unregenerated condition - it was his undying glory to have ...
primary and central , of the Founder of Christianity had died out of the Church of
His planting — just as the regenerating graff perishes from the stock , leaving it to
relapse to its original unregenerated condition - it was his undying glory to have ...
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Hence his Christian creed was composed of few articles , those only being
chosen which rested on the undoubted language of Christ Himself . This Socratic
wisdom - - or , to speak more inclusively , this culmination at once of both
Hellenic ...
Hence his Christian creed was composed of few articles , those only being
chosen which rested on the undoubted language of Christ Himself . This Socratic
wisdom - - or , to speak more inclusively , this culmination at once of both
Hellenic ...
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Excessive dogma , ecclesiasticism , religious exclusiveness and intolerance , are
still dominant in more than one section of the Christian world . The millennium of
complete toleration , of supreme goodness , mutual consideration and charity ...
Excessive dogma , ecclesiasticism , religious exclusiveness and intolerance , are
still dominant in more than one section of the Christian world . The millennium of
complete toleration , of supreme goodness , mutual consideration and charity ...
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The Christianity of the New Testament has not gained that complete recognition
which is its due . Progress , no doubt , Europe bas made since the day when its
emperors and popes , its princes and politicians , sat ostensibly at the feet of ...
The Christianity of the New Testament has not gained that complete recognition
which is its due . Progress , no doubt , Europe bas made since the day when its
emperors and popes , its princes and politicians , sat ostensibly at the feet of ...
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Page 491 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Page 491 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 491 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners...
Page 490 - THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
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Page 506 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Page 259 - I expected to find a contest between a government and a people: I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state: I found a struggle, not of principles, but of races; and I perceived that it would be idle to attempt any amelioration of laws or institutions until we could first succeed in terminating the deadly animosity that now separates the inhabitants of Lower Canada into the hostile divisions of French and English.
Page 490 - All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past. Let us alone. What pleasure can we have To war with evil? Is there any peace In ever climbing up the climbing wave? All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave In silence; ripen, fall and cease: Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.