Christian Morality: Sermons on the Principles of Morality Inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, in Their Application to the Present Condition of Society |
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... better things . Because this is not really living for yourself : nor is any thing , but the fulfilment of the purposes for which God created man upon the earth . Obligation is 7 1 interest the interest , i . e . , THE CHRISTIAN MISSION .
... better things . Because this is not really living for yourself : nor is any thing , but the fulfilment of the purposes for which God created man upon the earth . Obligation is 7 1 interest the interest , i . e . , THE CHRISTIAN MISSION .
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... earth's improve- ment , to which Christ pointed for man's encourage- ment ; futurity , with its individual revival , which Christ exhibited for man's faith ; and futurity , with its grand final consummation of universal restora- tion ...
... earth's improve- ment , to which Christ pointed for man's encourage- ment ; futurity , with its individual revival , which Christ exhibited for man's faith ; and futurity , with its grand final consummation of universal restora- tion ...
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... earth . ' Man prays to God in order that he may be good towards men . Devotion is to generate benevolence , as benevolence is to generate happi- ness . Christ's description of those who are placed on the right hand and the left in the ...
... earth . ' Man prays to God in order that he may be good towards men . Devotion is to generate benevolence , as benevolence is to generate happi- ness . Christ's description of those who are placed on the right hand and the left in the ...
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... earth as in the Paradise of God , and herald the true millennium , the real reign of Christ . 6 3rd . The manifestation , of the principle of good- ness must always be modified by the state of society in which we live . As the principle ...
... earth as in the Paradise of God , and herald the true millennium , the real reign of Christ . 6 3rd . The manifestation , of the principle of good- ness must always be modified by the state of society in which we live . As the principle ...
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... : " and on these also depend indi- vidual salvation and social usefulness . They are the foundation of earth's improvement and heaven's blessedness . 6 55 SERMON IV . THE LAW OF THE LORD . 54 THE PRINCIPLE OF GOODNESS .
... : " and on these also depend indi- vidual salvation and social usefulness . They are the foundation of earth's improvement and heaven's blessedness . 6 55 SERMON IV . THE LAW OF THE LORD . 54 THE PRINCIPLE OF GOODNESS .
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Page 285 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 35 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Page 225 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying ; Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 288 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 284 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 198 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Page 112 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Page 52 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 97 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 145 - A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.