Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 126
... faith is the presence of degradation . As is the flood so is the ebb . Let this faith depart , and the very words it spake and the things it made become false and hurtful . Then falls the church , the state , art , letters , life . The ...
... faith is the presence of degradation . As is the flood so is the ebb . Let this faith depart , and the very words it spake and the things it made become false and hurtful . Then falls the church , the state , art , letters , life . The ...
Page 132
... of the es- tablished teaching in society . Men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done , as if God were dead . The injury to faith throttles the preacher ; and the goodliest of institutions 132 ADDRESS .
... of the es- tablished teaching in society . Men have come to speak of the revelation as somewhat long ago given and done , as if God were dead . The injury to faith throttles the preacher ; and the goodliest of institutions 132 ADDRESS .
Page 133
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. faith throttles the preacher ; and the goodliest of institutions becomes an uncertain and inarticu- late voice . It is very certain that it is the effect of conversa- tion with the beauty of ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. faith throttles the preacher ; and the goodliest of institutions becomes an uncertain and inarticu- late voice . It is very certain that it is the effect of conversa- tion with the beauty of ...
Page 134
... faith in society . The soul is not preached . The Church seems to totter to its fall , almost all life extinct . On this occasion , any complaisance would be crim- inal which told you , whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith ...
... faith in society . The soul is not preached . The Church seems to totter to its fall , almost all life extinct . On this occasion , any complaisance would be crim- inal which told you , whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith ...
Page 135
... faith , certainly , should be its power to charm and command the soul , as the laws of nature control the activity of the hands , so commanding that we find pleasure and honor in obeying . The faith should blend with the light of rising ...
... faith , certainly , should be its power to charm and command the soul , as the laws of nature control the activity of the hands , so commanding that we find pleasure and honor in obeying . The faith should blend with the light of rising ...
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