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... fact recorded . When we say that nature is at the service of man , we mean that such is her final law and destiny , not that such is our present relation toward her . In this , as in so many profoundest matters , our best aid to clear ...
... fact recorded . When we say that nature is at the service of man , we mean that such is her final law and destiny , not that such is our present relation toward her . In this , as in so many profoundest matters , our best aid to clear ...
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... facts and problems of Nature ? He knows — and he constantly acts upon the knowl- edge that the strangest facts can be explained , the most resistless forces measured , and employed to some human service . For untold ages men have lived ...
... facts and problems of Nature ? He knows — and he constantly acts upon the knowl- edge that the strangest facts can be explained , the most resistless forces measured , and employed to some human service . For untold ages men have lived ...
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... " Ye are Christ's . " It is not good that you should have mastery over what is below you , unless you recognize some master above you . St. Paul never loses sight of these two glorious facts 12 ALL THINGS ARE YOURS .
... " Ye are Christ's . " It is not good that you should have mastery over what is below you , unless you recognize some master above you . St. Paul never loses sight of these two glorious facts 12 ALL THINGS ARE YOURS .
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... facts in man's spiritual life , — mastery and submission . He conquers the world , he counts all things as God's gifts to him ; but always he is the servant of Christ . I will not inquire here how far our thought of Christ's nature and ...
... facts in man's spiritual life , — mastery and submission . He conquers the world , he counts all things as God's gifts to him ; but always he is the servant of Christ . I will not inquire here how far our thought of Christ's nature and ...
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... fact which we should remember not only in our estimate of individ- uals , but in judging human society as a whole . Be- cause evil is so flauntingly conspicuous and goodness so modest , we easily exaggerate one and overlook the other ...
... fact which we should remember not only in our estimate of individ- uals , but in judging human society as a whole . Be- cause evil is so flauntingly conspicuous and goodness so modest , we easily exaggerate one and overlook the other ...
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Page 107 - Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole ! " As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry " All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul...
Page 289 - Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men : forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 81 - And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
Page 132 - WE cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides; The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides. But tasks in hours of insight willed Can be through hours of gloom fulfilled.
Page 146 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Page 81 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 81 - And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them : and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Page 210 - Ye blessed creatures, I have heard the call Ye to each other make; I see The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee; My heart is at your festival, My head hath its coronal, The fulness of your bliss, I feel — I feel it all.
Page 53 - And he asked him, What is thy name ? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Page 176 - He may set himself to earn money for that which is not bread and labor for that which satisfieth not.