The origin of evil and other sermons [by A.W. Momerie].W. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 224 pages |
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... seem to me more or 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 ...
... seem to me more or 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 ...
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... seem as if some animals could lay more claim than many men can do to the possession of a conscience . But it is probable , after all , that their best actions are done merely from an instinctive and irresistible impulse of affection ...
... seem as if some animals could lay more claim than many men can do to the possession of a conscience . But it is probable , after all , that their best actions are done merely from an instinctive and irresistible impulse of affection ...
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... seems to me , in which suffering tends to the improvement of character . Look , in the first place , at the ad- vantages to be derived from long and painful struggles for success . The road to success , it has been well said , lies ...
... seems to me , in which suffering tends to the improvement of character . Look , in the first place , at the ad- vantages to be derived from long and painful struggles for success . The road to success , it has been well said , lies ...
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... seems to me far more sublime for races , as for individuals , to struggle up to perfection , through and in spite of obstacles , temptations , and sufferings , -than to have been created perfect at the first . The perfection that is ...
... seems to me far more sublime for races , as for individuals , to struggle up to perfection , through and in spite of obstacles , temptations , and sufferings , -than to have been created perfect at the first . The perfection that is ...
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... seems to me they must always be essential elements in human perfection . Of course on the assumption that the absence of evil would have involved the absence of suffering , it would follow that , if evil had never existed , there would ...
... seems to me they must always be essential elements in human perfection . Of course on the assumption that the absence of evil would have involved the absence of suffering , it would follow that , if evil had never existed , there would ...
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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.