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... evil was not the " ' dogma " itself , but the misuse of it . Every good thing can be misused — even liberty . So can dogma . But it is a good thing misused , none the less . A dogma is a ( supposed ) truth , stated in such a plain way ...
... evil was not the " ' dogma " itself , but the misuse of it . Every good thing can be misused — even liberty . So can dogma . But it is a good thing misused , none the less . A dogma is a ( supposed ) truth , stated in such a plain way ...
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... evil to be his good and Satan to be his • God . what can be his last end , but to be banished from the presence of his Father ? This is a terrible thought to which we shall have to return . Meanwhile , let us be content to have thought ...
... evil to be his good and Satan to be his • God . what can be his last end , but to be banished from the presence of his Father ? This is a terrible thought to which we shall have to return . Meanwhile , let us be content to have thought ...
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... evil and misery in the world , men would not have been able to believe in the Fatherhood of God , meaning His love , without the revelation of it given by Jesus Christ . I must admit I think there is truth in that . You know how my Mary ...
... evil and misery in the world , men would not have been able to believe in the Fatherhood of God , meaning His love , without the revelation of it given by Jesus Christ . I must admit I think there is truth in that . You know how my Mary ...
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... evil ? Can there be such a thing as a simply good man ? Is there any standard by which to judge what belongs to man , and what is simply the corruption or spoiling of his nature ? Yes , there is . Jesus of Nazareth is very man . So ...
... evil ? Can there be such a thing as a simply good man ? Is there any standard by which to judge what belongs to man , and what is simply the corruption or spoiling of his nature ? Yes , there is . Jesus of Nazareth is very man . So ...
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... evil is ignorance . This was the opinion of the wise Greek Socrates , and from the way people talk of " education " and " culture , " as if it would remove all the troubles of life , you would suppose that many people now hold this same ...
... evil is ignorance . This was the opinion of the wise Greek Socrates , and from the way people talk of " education " and " culture , " as if it would remove all the troubles of life , you would suppose that many people now hold this same ...
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Page 26 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Page 54 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 26 - Thou wilt not leave us in the dust: Thou madest man. he knows not why, He thinks he was not made to die; And thou hast made him: thou art just.
Page 1 - THO' truths in manhood darkly join, Deep-seated in our mystic frame, We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made them current coin ; For Wisdom dealt with mortal powers, Where truth in closest words shall fail, When truth embodied in a tale Shall enter in at lowly doors.
Page 26 - Thou seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou. Our wills are ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
Page 103 - There shall never be one lost good! What was, shall live as before; The evil is null, is nought, is silence implying sound; What was good shall be good, with, for evil, so much good more; On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven, a perfect round.
Page 56 - Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me : shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee ? And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due. So shall also My heavenly Father do unto you if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
Page 83 - Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Page 109 - Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name : that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth ; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father'
Page 97 - 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 : Oh why should heavenly God to men have such regard) THE SEASONS.