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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...problem of justification by faith is to make a man right who is wrong. We have seen that a man cannot make himself right by a direct aim at right. The law of indirectness forces him to use power outside of himself and these powers he must find in some great personality From the example and relationship of this personality he can fill his soul with great aims, high aspirations and can become the embodiment of a great purpose with absolutely no room left for considation of self...
...ability there is often found the same miserliness which we find in material things. The difference between the two is this, that the man rich in ability is not blamed if he does not impart his riches, while the man rich in money receives nothing but curses unless he shares it. Yet these riches, mental and material, are both alike in that they are but loans from God, and the scholar no less than the rich man is under the obligation to share his riches...
...often ask ourselves if we believe in God, if we love Him. We know that if we receive Him into ourselves that he will give us power. Sanctify yourself for the sake of thy brethren is what you will find in the Bible if you will only take it and read...
...that score feel justified in suggesting such an undertaking. The first objection to this would be that it takes an enormous amount of time to perfect anything of this sort; but who will not acknowledge that if the Dickie and Pudding private theatricals, given simply for pleasure, find generous support, a venture supported by the college, and acknowledged to be the most important event of the year, would call forth a great number of men who would be glad to give the time required, in exchange for the advantages sure to follow. Another objection is that men who really have...
...lawyer, but on inheriting his father's estate he devoted himself to poetry. His first works appeared about 1615 and after that he wrote a good deal. "The Flowers of Zion" is his best book. In all his works there is a religious solemnity noticeable which we find in no other poet of the time...