 Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.  Introduction to the Study of Sociology - Page 18by Edward Cary Hayes - 1915 - 718 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1900 - 1070 pages
..." Amid all the mysteries by which we are surrounded, nothing is more certain than that we are ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed," these ancient poets had realized this fact as an experience. It is sometimes said that the Hebrew conception... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...there will remain the one absolute certainty, that we are ever in • The Nineteenth Century. Vol. XV. presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed." Such leaders of thought as Professors Lotze in Germany and Bowne in this country, and many other metaphysicians... | |
 | Science - 1890 - 980 pages
...light. So the scientific process makes it as absolutely certain as anything can be that " we are ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." But it is far from making certain what is the nature of this Energy, which is scientifically as unknowable... | |
 | Literature - 1894 - 1228 pages
...necessary conclusions. This view is admitted by Herbert Spencer when he says that the universe implies an infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed. It is recognized by Matthew Arnold when he speaks of a power not ourselves that makes for righteousness.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1895 - 580 pages
...passes inevitably from the world to God. Thus even the Agnostic is led to maintain that we are " ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." incompatible views of the universe. In modern philosophy when speculation ascends from the world to... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Sociology - 1897 - 666 pages
...mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty, that he is ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed. PART VII. PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. CHAPTER I. PROFESSIONS... | |
 | Sermons, American - 1886 - 680 pages
...thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that he [that is, each one of us] is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed." And what of this Eternal Energy? What of its nature? The same authority pronounces this verdict : "... | |
 | Education - 1895 - 794 pages
...negative of the agnostic, " We do not know, we cannot tell." Even Herbert Spencer says, " We are ever in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy, from which all things proceed." The most thoughtful scientists recognize a power everywhere in creation, causing all the miraculous... | |
 | Benjamin Wills Newton - Bible - 1882 - 700 pages
...? C 2 religion, as well as science, is not a little indebted, tells us that " The man of Science is in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed." " This eternal energy " (I quote the words of a recent critique on his writings) " is Mr. Herbert Spencer's... | |
 | Thomas Walter Barber - Religion and science - 1884 - 210 pages
...mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that man is ever in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed;' which is a practical admission that life and its source are eternal and superior to all created material... | |
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