The Open Court, Volume 41Paul Carus Open Court Publishing Company, 1927 - Religion |
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... physical manifestations his laboring mind conceived invisible powers ; and what the wind mutters and the night bodes forth , that which is deep beneath the wave and far under the soil : these were the terrors of his untutored soul . We ...
... physical manifestations his laboring mind conceived invisible powers ; and what the wind mutters and the night bodes forth , that which is deep beneath the wave and far under the soil : these were the terrors of his untutored soul . We ...
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... physical insignificance , peril and impotence be- fore the vast and catastrophic forces of nature . A reason and an exponent of the necessitous value of human co - operation ; a plea that it be not diminished in mutual strife ; and the ...
... physical insignificance , peril and impotence be- fore the vast and catastrophic forces of nature . A reason and an exponent of the necessitous value of human co - operation ; a plea that it be not diminished in mutual strife ; and the ...
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... physical or spiritual , per- sonal or collective , has come into being because some lower form has dared put its trust in some quality , some power , that the previous life upon earth had not dared to trust . The result - and the ...
... physical or spiritual , per- sonal or collective , has come into being because some lower form has dared put its trust in some quality , some power , that the previous life upon earth had not dared to trust . The result - and the ...
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... physical resurrection , an eternity of misery or of bliss is to demand more than many are will- ing to grant . It can be seen then that unless Christianity can divest itself of doctrines that are becoming more and more objectionable and ...
... physical resurrection , an eternity of misery or of bliss is to demand more than many are will- ing to grant . It can be seen then that unless Christianity can divest itself of doctrines that are becoming more and more objectionable and ...
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... is outside the realm of physical necessity and law . If that were the case such freedom would be utterly unintelligible . For consider , what would freedom mean in a world where there is no uniformity , measure 66 THE OPEN COURT.
... is outside the realm of physical necessity and law . If that were the case such freedom would be utterly unintelligible . For consider , what would freedom mean in a world where there is no uniformity , measure 66 THE OPEN COURT.
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Page 8 - Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Page 279 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us, that succour want? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward: O ! why should heavenly God to men have such regard?
Page 278 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book : worship God.
Page 379 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 230 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth...
Page 755 - And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree : his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day ; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God ;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Page 7 - I saw no God, nor heard any, in a finite organical perception; but my senses discover'd the infinite in everything, and as I was then perswaded, & remain confirm'd, that the voice of honest indignation is the voice of God, I cared not for consequences, but wrote.
Page 377 - But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Page 598 - Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science.
Page 5 - Brief and powerless is man's life ; on him and all his race the slow sure doom falls pitiless and dark. Blind to good and evil, reckless of destruction, omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless way ; for Man, condemned to-day to lose his dearest, to-morrow himself to pass through the gate of darkness, it remains only to cherish, ere yet the blow falls, the lofty thoughts that ennoble his little day...