The Philosophy of Religion, Volum 1

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C. Scribner's Sons, 1905
 

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Pàgina 490 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Pàgina 497 - Trust in him. at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
Pàgina 109 - But the thing a man does practically believe (and this is often enough without asserting it even to himself, much less to others) ; the thing a man does practically lay to heart, and know for certain, concerning his vital relations to this mysterious Universe, and his duty and destiny there, that is in all cases the primary thing for him, and creatively determines all the rest.
Pàgina 425 - The works of charity are commonly spoken of in terms which are principally derived from the Book of the Dead: — " Doing that which is right and hating that which is wrong, I was bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a refuge to him that was in want; that which I did to him, the great God hath done to me.
Pàgina 496 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Pàgina 461 - All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith. For one of faith diversified by doubt: We called the chess-board white, — we call it black. "Well...
Pàgina 257 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Pàgina 426 - No people," says Mr. Meadows, " whether of ancient or modern times, has possessed a sacred literature so completely exempt as the Chinese from licentious descriptions, and from every offensive expression. There is not a single sentence in the whole of the Sacred Books and their annotations that may not be read aloud in any family circle in England.
Pàgina 144 - I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
Pàgina 476 - The feeling of religious devotion is a highly complex one, consisting of love, complete submission to an exalted and mysterious superior, a strong sense of dependence, fear, reverence, gratitude, hope for the future, and perhaps other elements.

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