The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton Mifflin, 1904 |
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... , and not upon the Gospels , that the ordinance stands . Upon this matter of St. Paul's view of the Supper , a few important considera- tions must be stated . The end which he has in view , in the THE LORD'S SUPPER 13.
... , and not upon the Gospels , that the ordinance stands . Upon this matter of St. Paul's view of the Supper , a few important considera- tions must be stated . The end which he has in view , in the THE LORD'S SUPPER 13.
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... stands , generally accepted , under some form , by the Christian world , the un- doubted occasion of much good ; is it not bet- ter it should remain ? " This is the question of expediency . I proceed to state a few objections that in my ...
... stands , generally accepted , under some form , by the Christian world , the un- doubted occasion of much good ; is it not bet- ter it should remain ? " This is the question of expediency . I proceed to state a few objections that in my ...
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... stand upon the basis of a voluntary act , but is imposed by authority . It is an expression of gratitude to Christ , enjoined by Christ . There is an endeavor to keep Jesus in mind , whilst yet the prayers are addressed to God . I fear ...
... stand upon the basis of a voluntary act , but is imposed by authority . It is an expression of gratitude to Christ , enjoined by Christ . There is an endeavor to keep Jesus in mind , whilst yet the prayers are addressed to God . I fear ...
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... stands alone with God , and Jesus is no more present to your mind than your brother or your child . " But is not Jesus called in Scripture the Medi- ator ? He is the mediator in that only sense in which possibly any being can mediate ...
... stands alone with God , and Jesus is no more present to your mind than your brother or your child . " But is not Jesus called in Scripture the Medi- ator ? He is the mediator in that only sense in which possibly any being can mediate ...
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... is unreasonable , and it is alien to the spirit of Christ . If I under- stand the distinction of Christianity , the reason why it is to be preferred over all other systems - - and is divine is this , that it 20 THE LORD'S SUPPER.
... is unreasonable , and it is alien to the spirit of Christ . If I under- stand the distinction of Christianity , the reason why it is to be preferred over all other systems - - and is divine is this , that it 20 THE LORD'S SUPPER.
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Page 611 - Yes: he had lived to shame me from my sneer, To lame my pencil, and confute my pen; To make me own this hind of princes peer, This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
Page 314 - Pay ransom to the owner, And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.
Page 1 - I LIKE a church; I like a cowl; I love a prophet of the soul; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains, or pensive smiles; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowled churchman be. Why should the vest on him allure, Which I could not on me endure? Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought; Never from lips of cunning fell The thrilling Delphic oracle; Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible...
Page 215 - Of all we loved and honored, naught Save power remains, — A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still strong in chains. All else is gone : from those great eyes The soul has fled : When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead!
Page 328 - Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true.
Page 396 - Boston Hymn READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY I, 1863 The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Page 2 - The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak, or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost.
Page 216 - Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us. Burns, Shelley, were with us— they watch from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen. He alone sinks to the rear and the slaves! We shall march prospering, — not thro...
Page 590 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Page 600 - I endeavored to act up to that instruction. I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons.