The Origin of Evil: And Other SermonsWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1879 - 244 pages |
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... live , year after year , in a world so full of woe , and their hearts never once throb with anguish for others if not for themselves ! They are far less human , in spite of their human form , than many a dog . Well does Mr Greg say in ...
... live , year after year , in a world so full of woe , and their hearts never once throb with anguish for others if not for themselves ! They are far less human , in spite of their human form , than many a dog . Well does Mr Greg say in ...
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... very little in the world as yet ; but He was only thirty - three ; He might do so much if He could but live . He might then " see of the travail of His soul and " < be satisfied , " instead of having to 36 The Mystery of Suffering .
... very little in the world as yet ; but He was only thirty - three ; He might do so much if He could but live . He might then " see of the travail of His soul and " < be satisfied , " instead of having to 36 The Mystery of Suffering .
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... live for in this world ; and hence it was but natural , so to speak , for Him to dwell in an- other . This idea is well expressed by John Henry Newman : — " Thrice blessed are they who feel their loneliness , • • Till , sick at heart ...
... live for in this world ; and hence it was but natural , so to speak , for Him to dwell in an- other . This idea is well expressed by John Henry Newman : — " Thrice blessed are they who feel their loneliness , • • Till , sick at heart ...
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... live I seem To love Thee more and more . I love to kiss each print where Thou Hast set Thine unseen feet . I cannot fear Thee , blessed Will , Thine empire is so sweet . Ill that God blesses is our good , And unblessed good is ill ; And ...
... live I seem To love Thee more and more . I love to kiss each print where Thou Hast set Thine unseen feet . I cannot fear Thee , blessed Will , Thine empire is so sweet . Ill that God blesses is our good , And unblessed good is ill ; And ...
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... life we are obliged to live may sometimes appear to us paltry and contemptible .. But since it is the life which God has ordained for us , there must be a sublimity in it after all , such as to render it worthy of His regard . Prayer . 73.
... life we are obliged to live may sometimes appear to us paltry and contemptible .. But since it is the life which God has ordained for us , there must be a sublimity in it after all , such as to render it worthy of His regard . Prayer . 73.
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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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