The Hope of ImmortalitySeeley and Company, 1898 - 350 páginas |
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... possess , and amidst my duties could scarcely hope to acquire , the knowledge necessary for the task so kindly laid upon me made me hesitate to undertake it ; but it coincided with my own interests and studies , and with the reflexions ...
... possess , and amidst my duties could scarcely hope to acquire , the knowledge necessary for the task so kindly laid upon me made me hesitate to undertake it ; but it coincided with my own interests and studies , and with the reflexions ...
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... possesses a stronger assurance than any one or two or three of these considerations could impart to it . It is so especially in religion ; for religion , as expressing the relation of the Infinite to finite beings , transcends the ...
... possesses a stronger assurance than any one or two or three of these considerations could impart to it . It is so especially in religion ; for religion , as expressing the relation of the Infinite to finite beings , transcends the ...
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... possess a life immortal as his own . But the reason of their Immortality will be found to lie not in their nature but in their relation to the master whom they serve ; and it is in order to do him service that they are gifted with ...
... possess a life immortal as his own . But the reason of their Immortality will be found to lie not in their nature but in their relation to the master whom they serve ; and it is in order to do him service that they are gifted with ...
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... possesses the means ( apart from Revelation ) of making a distinction between souls in respect of their Immortality . The argument which proves the soul immortal , proves all souls immortal . " The unconditional destiny of all men ...
... possesses the means ( apart from Revelation ) of making a distinction between souls in respect of their Immortality . The argument which proves the soul immortal , proves all souls immortal . " The unconditional destiny of all men ...
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... possesses little value , unless it be known what is the nature of the soul . But if the nature of the soul as it is in itself , without regard to limiting material conditions , is ascertained , it will be possible to form some estimate ...
... possesses little value , unless it be known what is the nature of the soul . But if the nature of the soul as it is in itself , without regard to limiting material conditions , is ascertained , it will be possible to form some estimate ...
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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.