The Message of Man: A Book of Ethical Scriptures Gathered from Many Sources and Arranged

S. Sonnenschein, 1902 - 323 pages

CHAPTER PREFACE I Be not Led into Temptation	1

Many Secretly Seek Themselves in what they Do and Know it	7

We See not Our Own Hearts Aright	11

We May be in Danger of Moral Death	13

Fellowship in the Moral Life is the Way of Salvation	18

We Have no Life Apart from Others	21

Good Begets Good in the World and Evil Breeds Corruption	24

Where the Conscience of the People is Aroused Iniquity will be Rooted	28

+ M8 88	185

Let Woman Live out Her Own Life	191

The Nation is a Link between the Individual and the World 177 181 183 185 191	194

Strife between Nations is Barbaric	197

Men of all Races are Brothers	201

Sweet Reasonableness is a Secret of Influence at Home and in Affairs	203

Highmindedness is the Bond of True Friendship	206

Return Good for Evil	209

Nothing short of Entire Commitment Consecrates Our Life	30

Be Good and Thou Wilt Do Good	34

We Have Within Ourselves the Power to Do Right	35

We Must be Born Again	39

True Repentance Freeth us from Guilt	42

Repentance Demandeth Confession and Restitution	47

Our Deeds React upon Our Own Character	50

A Holy Purpose Predisposeth the Soul to Virtue	52

Keep to the Straight and Narrow	57

Return not into the Evil	60

He is Free who can Will what he Ought	63

I	69

II	72

13	73

18	74

24	75

Cleanse first that which is Within	82

Pride is a Prolific Source of Sin	89

28	90

Beware lest Evil enter in at the Ear	97

35	104

Keep Watch against Excess in Eating	107

Chastity is a Manly Virtue	113

42	118

47	119

Set not thy Heart on Riches	126

Judge not According to Appearance	132

Be True to Thyself	143

Delight in RightDoing is the Essence	167

The Love of Righteousness Gives	174

Love is the Fulfilling of Justice and Perfect Justice the Fulfilment of Love PAGE	177

The Gift without the Giver is Bare	181

What Serves All is Right	183

Chastening of the Soul	212

By Bereavement the Soul may be Purified as by Fire	216

will Lift Up mine Eyes unto the Hills	219

Spirits are not Finely Touched but to Fine Issues	223

Not Failure but Low Aim is Crime	228

The Present Only is Ours	231

There Will Come Hours of Spiritual Depression	234

Hope and Happiness are Duties	237

52	240

All Good Things are Ours	241

The Ideal is the Source of Enthusiasm	244

Our Finest Hope is Finest Memory	247

Ideals must be Built on the Real	249

We Rejoice that Nothing can Happen in Violation of Natural	252

Outward Nature although indifferent to Morality may be Enlisted on the Side of Right 209 212 216 219 223 228 231 234 237 241 244 247 249 252	255

The World is Full of JudgmentDays	258

Man Himself is the Origin of His Own Folly	260

Live Openly	262

Who Abandons the Personal Search for Truth Abandons Truth	266

The Truth shall Make you Free	272

68	275

Appear	278

Highest Truth	286

A Good Life is more Essential than	293

We have Knowledge and Faith	300

The Church is Renewing its Life	307

71	309

Man is His Own Star	315

in Glory Evermore	325

INDEX OF AUTHORS AND EDITIONS	331

76	333

As a Man Is so will he Seem	337

Title	The Message of Man: A Book of Ethical Scriptures Gathered from Many Sources and Arranged
Compiled by	Stanton Coit
Edition	2
Publisher	S. Sonnenschein, 1902
Original from	Princeton University
Digitized	14 Apr 2011
Length	323 pages

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