...we may falsely pronounce a genuine revelation to be inconsistent witli reason ; and our liablcncss to this delusion binds us to judge calmly, cautiously,...all subsequent ones must accord with it, and are, in f.'.ct, intended to blend with and brighten it. My hearers, as you value Christianity, never speak...

...all that follows. " It is growing light and must be expounded by every age for itself." He says, " I am surer that my rational nature is from God than that any book is the expression of His will." It is of the very highest importance that in honouring the memory of this...

...all that follows. " It is growing light, and must be expounded by every age for itself." He says, " I am surer that my rational nature is from God than that any book is the expression of his will." It is of the very highest importance that in honoring the memory of this...

...truth is, and it ought not to be denied, that our ultimate reliance is, and must be, on our own reason. I am surer that my rational nature is from God than that any book is the expression of his will." The history of American Unitarianism cannot safely be disregarded by the...

...when reason and Scripture were at variance, they must follow the written word. But Channing said, " I am surer that my rational nature is from God than that any book is the expression of his will"; and Channing's thought has more and more prevailed. Meantime, the Unitarian...

...itself, by opposing any of the truths which reason intuitively discerns, or which it gathers fro-n nature. God is the " Father of lights " and the "...with it, and are. in fact, intended to blend with ;md brighten it. My hearers, as you value Christianity, never speak of it as in any tiling opposed...

...narrow, compared with the divine. Is no honor therefore due to angelic wisdom ? In the next place, 1 observe that human reason, imperfect though it be,...from God than | that any book is an expression of his I will. This light in my own breast is his primary revelation, and all subsequent ones must accord...

...is, and it ought not to be denied, that our ultimate reliance is, and must be, on our own reason : I am surer that my rational nature is from God than that any book is an expression of his will," he said that in which all our later developments were folded like the oak within the acorn's cup. But...

...itself or clash with great principles which we cannot question, we ought not to hesitate in withholding from it our belief. I am surer that, my rational nature is from God than that any bookl is the expression of his will." Here was a Magna j) Charta which Parker's ultimate career wrote...

...binds us to judge calmly, cautiously, and in the fear of God. But if, after a deliberate and impartia. use of our best faculties, a professed revelation...any book is an expression of his will. This light m my own breast is his primary revelation, and all subsequent ones must accord with it, and are in...