The origin of evil and other sermons [by A.W. Momerie].W. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 224 pages |
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... less erroneous - but I shall assume the ordinary opinions ( which , probably , you all hold ) that evil is a reality , that it is hateful to God , and that He is more powerful than any other being in the universe . ask , that evil ...
... less erroneous - but I shall assume the ordinary opinions ( which , probably , you all hold ) that evil is a reality , that it is hateful to God , and that He is more powerful than any other being in the universe . ask , that evil ...
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... less sinful than their neighbours . therefore , and see if we cannot discover some other use in suffering in addition to the cor- rection of evil . I think we can . I think we may find that it tends to the perfecting of char- acter ...
... less sinful than their neighbours . therefore , and see if we cannot discover some other use in suffering in addition to the cor- rection of evil . I think we can . I think we may find that it tends to the perfecting of char- acter ...
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... less human , in spite of their human form , than many a dog . Well does Mr Greg say in his Enigmas of Life ' - " I have seen on the same day brutes at the summit , and men at the foot , of the great St Bernard , with regard to whom no ...
... less human , in spite of their human form , than many a dog . Well does Mr Greg say in his Enigmas of Life ' - " I have seen on the same day brutes at the summit , and men at the foot , of the great St Bernard , with regard to whom no ...
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... less alle- gorical sense . Origen , Lange , Schleiermacher , Olshausen , Neander , and Calvin understood it thus . But it is , at any rate , an allegorical representation of a fact - the fact , namely , that Jesus Christ was brought ...
... less alle- gorical sense . Origen , Lange , Schleiermacher , Olshausen , Neander , and Calvin understood it thus . But it is , at any rate , an allegorical representation of a fact - the fact , namely , that Jesus Christ was brought ...
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... beauty of a meekness at which men had for- merly scoffed . It sanctified marriage from little more than a burdensome convention into little D It broadened the less than a blessed sacrament . obligation The Mystery of Suffering . 49.
... beauty of a meekness at which men had for- merly scoffed . It sanctified marriage from little more than a burdensome convention into little D It broadened the less than a blessed sacrament . obligation The Mystery of Suffering . 49.
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Page 131 - 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 183 - 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 59 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Page 180 - 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 59 - 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 destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 218 - 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 241 - 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.
Page 26 - 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 139 - 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.
Page 179 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.