The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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Page vii
... humanity's most precious heritage . My task has not been a light one . It is com- paratively easy to take isolated Bible texts and explain them , treating each passage as a de- tached unit . But when one undertakes to group a large ...
... humanity's most precious heritage . My task has not been a light one . It is com- paratively easy to take isolated Bible texts and explain them , treating each passage as a de- tached unit . But when one undertakes to group a large ...
Page 4
... human and divine , is an im- penetrable mystery . My more modest purpose in this writing is to remind the reader that , whatever else Jesus was , as regards his modes of thought and life and his method of teaching , he was a Syrian of ...
... human and divine , is an im- penetrable mystery . My more modest purpose in this writing is to remind the reader that , whatever else Jesus was , as regards his modes of thought and life and his method of teaching , he was a Syrian of ...
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Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. to the more modest West rather unseemly ) portrayal of certain human relations ; as well as its all - permeating spiritual mysticism , - so far as these qualities are concerned , the Bible might all have been ...
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. to the more modest West rather unseemly ) portrayal of certain human relations ; as well as its all - permeating spiritual mysticism , - so far as these qualities are concerned , the Bible might all have been ...
Page 33
... human being had a star in heaven which held the secret of his destiny and which watched over him wherever he went . In speaking of an amiable person it is said , " His star is attractive " ( nejmo jeddeeb ) . Persons love one another ...
... human being had a star in heaven which held the secret of his destiny and which watched over him wherever he went . In speaking of an amiable person it is said , " His star is attractive " ( nejmo jeddeeb ) . Persons love one another ...
Page 43
... human soul than this picture ? Even the uncouth shepherds , being living souls , could realize that when the divine and the human met heaven and earth became one , and peace [ 43 ] MYSTIC TONES.
... human soul than this picture ? Even the uncouth shepherds , being living souls , could realize that when the divine and the human met heaven and earth became one , and peace [ 43 ] MYSTIC TONES.
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