Unity Pulpit, Volume 2G.H. Ellis, 1880 |
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... hold to reason , not because it has any divinity in itself , - or I , for one , hold not thus , - but because I firmly believe that it is the best , and ulti- mately the only , way by which we can discover God's foot- steps in the ...
... hold to reason , not because it has any divinity in itself , - or I , for one , hold not thus , - but because I firmly believe that it is the best , and ulti- mately the only , way by which we can discover God's foot- steps in the ...
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... holds in regard to the first names for God . What did early man call God , or this universal presence that pervades all life ? Why , they spoke of it as wind ; and , all through the Bible , the Holy Spirit is the wind . But suppose one ...
... holds in regard to the first names for God . What did early man call God , or this universal presence that pervades all life ? Why , they spoke of it as wind ; and , all through the Bible , the Holy Spirit is the wind . But suppose one ...
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... holds here as in regard to a fragile pot that encloses a plant or a flower . If it is only a brittle pot , and cannot expand as the plant grows , then it must break , and give way to a new and better one . But if , like the bark of a ...
... holds here as in regard to a fragile pot that encloses a plant or a flower . If it is only a brittle pot , and cannot expand as the plant grows , then it must break , and give way to a new and better one . But if , like the bark of a ...
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... holds all through . It is just as impossible for me to give adequate expression to you in words as it is to give a true , adequate , and perfect expression of God . There is a difference in degree , but not in kind . All our words are ...
... holds all through . It is just as impossible for me to give adequate expression to you in words as it is to give a true , adequate , and perfect expression of God . There is a difference in degree , but not in kind . All our words are ...
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... hold that it is true . Because we take comfort in a certain belief may be no ade- quate reason for our holding that it is well founded . And yet , at least , as much as this we may say I hold a belief that does give us comfort , that ...
... hold that it is true . Because we take comfort in a certain belief may be no ade- quate reason for our holding that it is well founded . And yet , at least , as much as this we may say I hold a belief that does give us comfort , that ...
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Popular passages
Page 11 - RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow : The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 12 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease ; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 1 - Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers...
Page 12 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 15 - 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 18 - Rest unto our souls." —Rest unto our souls! — 'tis all we want, — the end of all our wishes and pursuits : give us a prospect of this, we take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth...
Page 16 - THOU art, O GOD, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine...
Page 11 - For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page 11 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Page 14 - Who knows whither the clouds have fled ? In the unscarred heaven they leave no wake; And the eyes forget the tears they have shed, The heart forgets its sorrow and ache...