A Valid Christianity for To-dayMacmillan, 1909 - 289 pages |
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... become dissolute in the original sense of the word , without any coherent unity . Per- haps a free rendering which would express both ideas is this , " Where there is no vision , the people become a mob . " There is a doctrinaire ...
... become dissolute in the original sense of the word , without any coherent unity . Per- haps a free rendering which would express both ideas is this , " Where there is no vision , the people become a mob . " There is a doctrinaire ...
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... becomes as the garden of Eden which the Lord " planted , and not man . " Such an education will develop the faculty of forming ideals ; it will train the mind in the habits of clear , keen , accurate , and patient thinking ; it will put ...
... becomes as the garden of Eden which the Lord " planted , and not man . " Such an education will develop the faculty of forming ideals ; it will train the mind in the habits of clear , keen , accurate , and patient thinking ; it will put ...
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... becoming mere technical train- ing schools . They produce skilled craftsmen rather than cultured men . We are so cluttered with details that we have lost vision of principles , so absorbed in jellyfish and amoeba that we have forgotten ...
... becoming mere technical train- ing schools . They produce skilled craftsmen rather than cultured men . We are so cluttered with details that we have lost vision of principles , so absorbed in jellyfish and amoeba that we have forgotten ...
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... becomes self- contained , that moment it ceases to be a spring . It becomes a swamp , a stagnant morass , from which you can get only malaria and mosquitoes . Your window is a window only so long as it transmits freely to the darkened ...
... becomes self- contained , that moment it ceases to be a spring . It becomes a swamp , a stagnant morass , from which you can get only malaria and mosquitoes . Your window is a window only so long as it transmits freely to the darkened ...
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... become the article of a standing or a falling Church , of a standing or a falling Christian civilization . No choice ... becoming one , as never before . We can no longer stand independent in proud and selfish isolation , man from man ...
... become the article of a standing or a falling Church , of a standing or a falling Christian civilization . No choice ... becoming one , as never before . We can no longer stand independent in proud and selfish isolation , man from man ...
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Page 13 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 138 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
Page 124 - But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Page 5 - And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Page 262 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 49 - I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Page 20 - And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped Him, saying, "Lord, if thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean." And Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, "I will; be thou clean.
Page 85 - Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem...
Page 274 - Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
Page 190 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will. What...