The Origin of Evil: And Other SermonsWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1879 - 244 páginas |
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... universe . ask , that evil exists ? How is it , then , let us Most theologians tell us that it must have been permitted by God for some wise purpose ; but that it is impossible to imagine what that A purpose can have been , and that ...
... universe . ask , that evil exists ? How is it , then , let us Most theologians tell us that it must have been permitted by God for some wise purpose ; but that it is impossible to imagine what that A purpose can have been , and that ...
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... universe must be tempted , or their moral nature would be thrown away upon them . Even Christ had to be made perfect through suffering ; and much of this suffering , we may be sure , arose from temptations to evil . There is a glory ...
... universe must be tempted , or their moral nature would be thrown away upon them . Even Christ had to be made perfect through suffering ; and much of this suffering , we may be sure , arose from temptations to evil . There is a glory ...
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... universe of evil , and to conquer even death and hell . Christ's isolation tended to make Him strong . How strong he was ! how calmly and divinely self - reliant ! Since the world began there have been no such scathing denunciations as ...
... universe of evil , and to conquer even death and hell . Christ's isolation tended to make Him strong . How strong he was ! how calmly and divinely self - reliant ! Since the world began there have been no such scathing denunciations as ...
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... universe might require that there should always be liv- ing creatures of an inferior kind . And all diffi- culties , he concludes , as to the manner in which such inferior beings would be disposed of , are so wholly founded in our ...
... universe might require that there should always be liv- ing creatures of an inferior kind . And all diffi- culties , he concludes , as to the manner in which such inferior beings would be disposed of , are so wholly founded in our ...
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... universe of God half so ludicrous or absurd as the man who thinks that as soon as he could repeat his creed . like a parrot he had mastered truth ; who imagines that truth - illimitable , infinite , ever- unfolding truth - is deposited ...
... universe of God half so ludicrous or absurd as the man who thinks that as soon as he could repeat his creed . like a parrot he had mastered truth ; who imagines that truth - illimitable , infinite , ever- unfolding truth - is deposited ...
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Página 61 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying in the night; An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry.
Página 133 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Página 185 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Página 61 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Página 105 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take : ivhen he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 182 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 220 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Página 28 - Then said the Jews unto him ; Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them ; Verily, verily, I say unto you ; Before Abraham was, I am.
Página 141 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, [Thou shalt not bear false witness,] Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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