Word: faith
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...must always take a joke seriously, otherwise the humor is lost. Dogberry, for example, when he hears that the lady Hero was slandered, says "Flat burglary as ever was committed." He saw nothing peculiar in the word "burglary." So the actor must be perfectly serious and speak in good faith...
...which commands reverence and if there be such a divine spirit, nature can not be its revelation to man, because visible nature is too indifferent to command our worship. We look then to a greater universe of which nature is only a part. Of this universe man's religious faith is only the scaffolding, and so must religion involve the idea that in some way one must die to this world before he can enter the eternal world...
...most essential thing we have to perform in this world. If we have needs which demand an outside universe, and these religious demands are given us to live by, what reason is there why that universe should not be there? We see many men live simply by faith, and often faith is the only thing that makes something come true. This alone ought to be an assurance of the reasonableness of that faith. The essence of faith is to believe that the possibility exists...
...inclined to look as much as possible to exact science, we are forced to admit that we can not understand the world or even our own lives. In the same way much of religion is a mystery, and this indeed gives it much of its strength. Upon it depend faith, hope, modesty and docility, and without it our belief would be commonplace...
...cleared, and he looks back at the earth, which seems so mean and little, and smiles. Above him is the living light of Christ so bright that even his eyes can not endure it. He is now tested by St. John and by St. Peter in regard to Faith, Hope and Charity. In these he is not found wanting, and he rises still further. Here he finds joy that transcends every sweetness. The livid light shines about him with such brightness that everything is rendered invisible. Once more he mounts beyond his own power into the very presence...