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... truths which we think the special message of this century . All things are yours . Already , centuries before , the Psalmist , in a sublime flight of faith , declared that God has given to man , being " little lower than the angels ...
... truths which we think the special message of this century . All things are yours . Already , centuries before , the Psalmist , in a sublime flight of faith , declared that God has given to man , being " little lower than the angels ...
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... truth is made fruitful in humane results . The clear meaning of what we call practical religion is simply that , while science and civilization are crying that man is king and master of the world , and " All things are yours , " the aim ...
... truth is made fruitful in humane results . The clear meaning of what we call practical religion is simply that , while science and civilization are crying that man is king and master of the world , and " All things are yours , " the aim ...
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... truth which is the kernel of St. Paul's thought in this passage is that the more completely you get the mastery over the external and the mechanical con- ditions of your life , the more you must recognize some master above you . What ...
... truth which is the kernel of St. Paul's thought in this passage is that the more completely you get the mastery over the external and the mechanical con- ditions of your life , the more you must recognize some master above you . What ...
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... truth to ourselves . Do you feel in your own life that all power you get over what is below you , makes you more a faithful servant of what is above you ? I know that when men are in trouble or disap- pointment there is a turning of the ...
... truth to ourselves . Do you feel in your own life that all power you get over what is below you , makes you more a faithful servant of what is above you ? I know that when men are in trouble or disap- pointment there is a turning of the ...
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... truth , and to count his success , not as the product of his own petty self - hood , but as the gift and power of God in his life . Such a man knows in his heart that all true success is won by obedience . Such men , and such only , are ...
... truth , and to count his success , not as the product of his own petty self - hood , but as the gift and power of God in his life . Such a man knows in his heart that all true success is won by obedience . Such men , and such only , are ...
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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.