The life of the soul in the worldSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1881 - 369 páginas |
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... higher . It has two sides ; it is active , reciprocal . So should be our relation to God . Our souls are twice His -His by creation , His by the Cross ; but they are His yet again by our free choice , by our deliberate , individual self ...
... higher . It has two sides ; it is active , reciprocal . So should be our relation to God . Our souls are twice His -His by creation , His by the Cross ; but they are His yet again by our free choice , by our deliberate , individual self ...
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... higher standard that he now sees , desires , and feels is attainable . And if by patient , manful striving this too is reached , the experience is once more repeated ; let him become what he may , there is still some higher , nobler ...
... higher standard that he now sees , desires , and feels is attainable . And if by patient , manful striving this too is reached , the experience is once more repeated ; let him become what he may , there is still some higher , nobler ...
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... higher still . " Righteousness " -always to do right , always to hear the approving voice of conscience , always . to see standard and copy tally and correspond . " Righteousness " -- to face the laws of God and man , and feel no guilt ...
... higher still . " Righteousness " -always to do right , always to hear the approving voice of conscience , always . to see standard and copy tally and correspond . " Righteousness " -- to face the laws of God and man , and feel no guilt ...
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... higher than others , brighter with celestial glory , nearer to God , but " all right- eous ; " the heart of each owning no love but God , the will of each throbbing pulse by pulse true to the will of God , the soul thrilling with ...
... higher than others , brighter with celestial glory , nearer to God , but " all right- eous ; " the heart of each owning no love but God , the will of each throbbing pulse by pulse true to the will of God , the soul thrilling with ...
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... higher standard ? Is it really so ? Then for us is this beatitude , " Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness . ” 66 See what our Lord says ; notice His chosen words : They that hunger and thirst after righteousness ...
... higher standard ? Is it really so ? Then for us is this beatitude , " Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness . ” 66 See what our Lord says ; notice His chosen words : They that hunger and thirst after righteousness ...
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Página 277 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 58 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man : for God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Página 218 - I do not ask my cross to understand, My way to see ; Better in darkness just to feel thy hand, And follow thee.
Página 90 - I DO not ask, O Lord, that life may be A pleasant road ; I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me Aught of its load ; I do not ask that flowers should always spring Beneath my feet ; I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet. For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, I plead, Lead me aright — Though strength should falter, and though heart should bleed — Through Peace to Light.
Página 208 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live, and lie reclined On the hills like gods together, careless of mankind. 155 For they lie beside their nectar, and the bolts are hurled Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curled Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world...
Página 26 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Página 164 - The King's daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Página 221 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 368 - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty : for He is thy Lord ; and worship thou Him.
Página 126 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.