The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... faith still live and bless and cheer the hearts and minds of men . As an Oriental by birth , and as an American from choice , I feel profoundly grateful that I have been enabled to render this modest service to the Churches of America ...
... faith still live and bless and cheer the hearts and minds of men . As an Oriental by birth , and as an American from choice , I feel profoundly grateful that I have been enabled to render this modest service to the Churches of America ...
Page 19
... faith , but I feel that in our enthusiasm for such a theology and such a faith we often fail to appreciate the deep spir- itual longing which is expressed in superstitious forms of worship . What is there in such reli- gious practices ...
... faith , but I feel that in our enthusiasm for such a theology and such a faith we often fail to appreciate the deep spir- itual longing which is expressed in superstitious forms of worship . What is there in such reli- gious practices ...
Page 21
... faith , the faith that to God all things are possible . The Oriental does not try to meet an assault upon his belief in miracles by seeking to es- tablish the historicity of concrete reports of miracles . His poetical , mystical ...
... faith , the faith that to God all things are possible . The Oriental does not try to meet an assault upon his belief in miracles by seeking to es- tablish the historicity of concrete reports of miracles . His poetical , mystical ...
Page 45
... toward the Infinite . Pessimism cannot sing because it has no hope , and cannot pray because it has no faith . And I deem it essential at this point to ask , Whither is the spirit of the present age leading us [ 45 ] MYSTIC TONES.
... toward the Infinite . Pessimism cannot sing because it has no hope , and cannot pray because it has no faith . And I deem it essential at this point to ask , Whither is the spirit of the present age leading us [ 45 ] MYSTIC TONES.
Page 50
... faith gives , especially at such times , present no occa- sion for anxiety concerning the dear ones . The saying of Luke that Joseph and Mary " went a day's journey " before they discov- ered that Jesus was not in the company must , it ...
... faith gives , especially at such times , present no occa- sion for anxiety concerning the dear ones . The saying of Luke that Joseph and Mary " went a day's journey " before they discov- ered that Jesus was not in the company must , it ...
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