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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrasesaffections amidst amphitheatre anarchist apprehend assertion Beatitude beautiful behold Blessed blessedness blood brute character cherish Christianity claim comforted communion condition conscience conscious declaration depths desire destitution discern disciples disposition divine earthly elements endeavor endurance essential eternal evil faculties faith flame forms friends fulness gladia glory gospel guilt harmony highest holy honor human hunger and thirst ical infinite inherit the earth intellect intrinsic Jesus justice kingdom of heaven light lowly martyr material meek ment mercy merely mingled moral mourn nature ness never outward passion peace peaceable peacemaker perception physical poor in spirit possession poverty pride profound promise pure in heart quality of mercy reality recognize religion rest rich rience righteousness sanctities Saviour selfish sense sensual shadow sider sorrow soul splendors spring suffering temper things tion true truth universe unto vate virtue vision wealth words worldly Popular passages... is his moral sense. This alone, when upright and pure, makes him a compact stability in society as well as in his private relations. LAWS are nothing, institutions are nothing, national power and greatness are nothing, save as they assist the moral purpose of God in the development of humanity. THE gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The bellowing speech of cannon and the baptism of blood mock its liturgies... Page 134 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Page 127 Away with the godless !" But when the pro-consul urged him further, " Swear, curse Christ, and I release thee." " Six and eighty years," the old man replied, " have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good ; and how could I curse him, my Lord" and Saviour ?" The pro-consul still persisted to urge him. Page 155 THERE are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul, — to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God. Page 125 Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. Page 135 OUT of suffering have emerged the strongest souls ; the most massive characters are seamed with scars ; martyrs have put on their coronation-robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of heaven. Page 36 AT the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion. Page 48 ... selfconsciousness, from his own personal experience. There is darkness within him, and so darkness falls upon everything. His own motives are sinister, and so all humanity squints. The suspicious man, — the man who distrusts all other men, and so is unmerciful to all, — reveals himself as a mean man. PUBLIC feeling now is apt to side with the persecuted ; and our modern martyr 'is full as likely to be smothered with roses as with coals. 18* MERCY is in complete harmony with justice There... Page 153 ... which evokes a hidden beauty from unlikely things, finds marvellous sweetness in a crust of bread, and hangs bare walls with shapes of glory. And not only is such a disposition satisfied with little, but under the chemistry of right affections that little becomes indefinitely expansive and fruitful. A PATIENT and humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish and overlooked by the aspiring. WHAT right have we to celebrate Christmas unless Christ has come to us ? It is not a mere... Page 55 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matt. 5:8. 2. What did He declare to be a violation of the seventh commandment? "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already... Page 100 Other editions
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