Word: burkitt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...King then outlined a critical study of the "doubly attested" sayings as given by Burkitt, which he declared to possess tremendous power because of their very simplicity. In these sayings the element of love is dominant as the supreme power of all. Here also we find the qualities noticed in Schmiedel's work: the earnest attitude toward life and the belief in a personal religion. Christ believed in the marvellous growth of good from humble beginnings. Our life should be one of sacrifice. In the utterance, "For he that hath to him shall be given; and he that hath...