The Hope of ImmortalitySeeley and Company, 1898 - 350 páginas |
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... character . Some time ago the publishers invited me to write a book upon the subject of Immortality . They thought that such a book , if addressed to the intelli- gence and information not of theological experts especially , but of ...
... character . Some time ago the publishers invited me to write a book upon the subject of Immortality . They thought that such a book , if addressed to the intelli- gence and information not of theological experts especially , but of ...
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... character . We are tested and approved by our attitude of belief and conduct in the presence of life's uncertainties . There is no such testing power in mathematical or scientific truth . It is moral and spiritual truth which tests a ...
... character . We are tested and approved by our attitude of belief and conduct in the presence of life's uncertainties . There is no such testing power in mathematical or scientific truth . It is moral and spiritual truth which tests a ...
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... character ; and if any one could recommend it by personal authority , it would be he . Philosophically , indeed , it is incontestable . But it is not the doctrine so dear to human hearts . It breaks down just where it is most needed as ...
... character ; and if any one could recommend it by personal authority , it would be he . Philosophically , indeed , it is incontestable . But it is not the doctrine so dear to human hearts . It breaks down just where it is most needed as ...
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... characters . To the Greek , reason was the highest thing ; its supremacy could not be disputed . But it was not the highest thing to the Hebrew . He had not apprehended the supreme truths of life , nor did he expect any one to apprehend ...
... characters . To the Greek , reason was the highest thing ; its supremacy could not be disputed . But it was not the highest thing to the Hebrew . He had not apprehended the supreme truths of life , nor did he expect any one to apprehend ...
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... of God . He realises the fact , not less conspicuous in modern than in ancient times , that , where two persons possess equal ability , equal information and equal character , to one the Being 42 THE HOPE OF IMMORTALITY.
... of God . He realises the fact , not less conspicuous in modern than in ancient times , that , where two persons possess equal ability , equal information and equal character , to one the Being 42 THE HOPE OF IMMORTALITY.
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Página 100 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Página 286 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee : as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Página 223 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man...
Página 98 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Página 166 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And, lo! Creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun? or who could find, Whilst fly and leaf and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do we then shun Death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life?
Página 338 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Página 108 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Página 159 - THEREFORE with Angels, and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ; heaven and earth are full of thy glory : glory be to thee, 0 Lord most high.
Página 115 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Página 322 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.