Unity Pulpit, Volume 2G.H. Ellis, 1880 |
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... infinite . And yet , when I have said that , I have only used another symbol , as inadequate of its kind as the Trinity is of its kind . Suppose I speak of infinity : I can give it no adequate expression . We must think infinity , we ...
... infinite . And yet , when I have said that , I have only used another symbol , as inadequate of its kind as the Trinity is of its kind . Suppose I speak of infinity : I can give it no adequate expression . We must think infinity , we ...
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... infinite mischief from this mistaking the symbol for reality . Out of it springs all idolatry . When a man bows down be- fore an idol and worships not simply that which it suggests , but the idol itself , then he is an idolater . And ...
... infinite mischief from this mistaking the symbol for reality . Out of it springs all idolatry . When a man bows down be- fore an idol and worships not simply that which it suggests , but the idol itself , then he is an idolater . And ...
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... infinite life . They say we must regard him simply as the unknow- able we must let him alone , must not try to speak about him or think about him , or reach out our hands toward him , or pray to him . Now , while I appreciate and admit ...
... infinite life . They say we must regard him simply as the unknow- able we must let him alone , must not try to speak about him or think about him , or reach out our hands toward him , or pray to him . Now , while I appreciate and admit ...
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... infinite and inexpressible . But , if he be , then there is infinite scope and room for progress . And , though the time never will come when we can find any symbol that will adequately set forth all that he is , still we may lay our ...
... infinite and inexpressible . But , if he be , then there is infinite scope and room for progress . And , though the time never will come when we can find any symbol that will adequately set forth all that he is , still we may lay our ...
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... infinite comfort in the thought , to say the least , that we have such a Father . You know me well enough , after these several years , to understand that I would not attempt to impose upon you by saying that , just because we desire a ...
... infinite comfort in the thought , to say the least , that we have such a Father . You know me well enough , after these several years , to understand that I would not attempt to impose upon you by saying that , just because we desire a ...
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141 FRANKLIN STREET ages Agnosticism atheist beauty believe Bible BLUFFTON BOSTON cents single copy cerning Christian Register Christianity Church death divine dream earth ELLIS Epistle of Jude eternal evil face faith Father feel flower forever friends GEORGE H give God's grand hand happiness heart heaven henotheism Herbert Spencer holy hope human idea ideal infallible infinite intelligence Jesus laws light live look M. J. SAVAGE manifestations mean mind monotheism moral natural laws nature never noble ourselves prayer Published weekly question race rational reason religion religious revelation second-class mail matter SERMONS OF M. J. simply six cents single sorrow soul speak spirit stand Suppose talk tell Testament things thought thousand thrill tion to-day true truth UNITY PULPIT universe utterance whole word worship
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...