The credentials of conscience: a few reasons for the popularity of [sir J.R. Seeley's] 'Ecce homo', and a few words about Christianity [by M. Hall].1868 |
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... prove that faith , defined as " instinctive loyalty to goodness , " may not be religious ; that desiring to promote - it may yet not apprehend what is- " the real and highest welfare of human beings ; " nor so discern " 40 " ECCE HOMO . "
... prove that faith , defined as " instinctive loyalty to goodness , " may not be religious ; that desiring to promote - it may yet not apprehend what is- " the real and highest welfare of human beings ; " nor so discern " 40 " ECCE HOMO . "
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... highest law , as if he naturally inclined to leniency . On the other hand , a man in whom benevolence exists to such a degree that he feels another's suffer- ing more keenly than his own , will , if he be a holy " man , suffer as much ...
... highest law , as if he naturally inclined to leniency . On the other hand , a man in whom benevolence exists to such a degree that he feels another's suffer- ing more keenly than his own , will , if he be a holy " man , suffer as much ...
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... highest virtue is always against the law . " Yes ; law is like " the old wine , which when a man hath tasted , he does not straightway desire the new ; for he saith , the old is better . " " It smacks of precedent . " While life is the ...
... highest virtue is always against the law . " Yes ; law is like " the old wine , which when a man hath tasted , he does not straightway desire the new ; for he saith , the old is better . " " It smacks of precedent . " While life is the ...
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... highest law has been felt as a serious inconvenience even in the town of Carnal - Policy , and some of the blame he cannot help laying on that same " pretty young man . " He does not see how much the whole neighbour- hood suffers from ...
... highest law has been felt as a serious inconvenience even in the town of Carnal - Policy , and some of the blame he cannot help laying on that same " pretty young man . " He does not see how much the whole neighbour- hood suffers from ...
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... highest degree unbending . Nourish it correctly and do it no injury , and it will fill up the vacancy between heaven and earth . This vigour accords with and assists justice and reason , and leaves no hunger . " Law prides itself upon a ...
... highest degree unbending . Nourish it correctly and do it no injury , and it will fill up the vacancy between heaven and earth . This vigour accords with and assists justice and reason , and leaves no hunger . " Law prides itself upon a ...
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Page 312 - Not the labours of my hands can fulfil thy law's demands; could my zeal no respite know, could my tears for ever flow, all for sin could not atone: thou must save, and thou alone.
Page 238 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 281 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Page 289 - Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, And his arm shall rule for him : Behold, his reward is with him, And his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with his arm, And carry them in his bosom, And shall gently lead those that are with young.
Page 192 - My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Page 311 - I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Page 167 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 345 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Page 245 - Flow thro' our deeds and make them pure, That we may lift from out of dust A voice as unto him that hears, A cry above the conquer'd years To one that with us works, and trust, With faith that comes of self-control, The truths that never can be proved Until we close with all we loved, And all we flow from...
Page 249 - Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought ; When yet I had not walk'd above A mile or two from my first Love, And looking back, at that short space Could see a glimpse of his bright face ; When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour, And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity...