The origin of evil and other sermons [by A.W. Momerie].W. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 224 páginas |
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... becomes quite simple if we recognise human freedom . It is possible for a man " to produce , by a suc- cession of efforts , what God himself had no other means of creating , " to produce , namely , a good character . " Be ye holy , " we ...
... becomes quite simple if we recognise human freedom . It is possible for a man " to produce , by a suc- cession of efforts , what God himself had no other means of creating , " to produce , namely , a good character . " Be ye holy , " we ...
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... they should not be immortal . Even if it were necessary for them to arrive at great attainments , and become rational and moral agents , still this would be no difficulty , since we know not with what latent The Mystery of Suffering . 59.
... they should not be immortal . Even if it were necessary for them to arrive at great attainments , and become rational and moral agents , still this would be no difficulty , since we know not with what latent The Mystery of Suffering . 59.
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... becoming moral agents , go out of the present world before they have actually reached the moral stage of being . But , further , Butler ob- serves , the lower animals might be immortal , even though they were incapable of any high ...
... becoming moral agents , go out of the present world before they have actually reached the moral stage of being . But , further , Butler ob- serves , the lower animals might be immortal , even though they were incapable of any high ...
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... become to us God manifest in the flesh . Hence , since a perfect character is the best of all possessions , cheaply purchased , if need be , by a lifetime of pain and woe , it turns out that sufferings , which appeared , at first sight ...
... become to us God manifest in the flesh . Hence , since a perfect character is the best of all possessions , cheaply purchased , if need be , by a lifetime of pain and woe , it turns out that sufferings , which appeared , at first sight ...
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... becomes a chrysalis , and the chrysalis a butterfly ; just as a grain of seed falls into the ground and dies , that it may rise again the blade , the ear , the full corn in the ear ; just as babyhood gives place to childhood , childhood ...
... becomes a chrysalis , and the chrysalis a butterfly ; just as a grain of seed falls into the ground and dies , that it may rise again the blade , the ear , the full corn in the ear ; just as babyhood gives place to childhood , childhood ...
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able according altogether anguish Arthur Hallam Barabbas beauty become believe better Bishop Butler called Carlyle character chariots of fire Christ Christianity creed death divine doctrine earth ence eternal evil existence experience fact faith Father Fatherhood feel force George Eliot Glaucon God's habit heart heaven Hence human ignorance infinite inflicted involved Jerusalem John Henry Newman John Stuart Mill justice kind knowledge less live look man's manly Max Müller means mental mercy mind moral nature never noble opinions ourselves pain Pharisees physical pity Plato pleasure prayed prayer present punishment reason recognised regard reign of law religion religious sake salvation says seems seen sermon sight Socrates sometimes sorrow soul speak spirit supernatural teaching temptation tempted thee things thinkers Thou art mindful Thou hast thought tion true truth universe violation virtuous vision words worth wrong
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Página 131 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Página 183 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Página 59 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Página 180 - 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.
Página 59 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Página 218 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Página 241 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Página 26 - Then said the Jews unto him ; Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them ; Verily, verily, I say unto you ; Before Abraham was, I am.
Página 139 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, [Thou shalt not bear false witness,] Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Página 179 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.