Word: goaded
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Dates: during 1895-1895
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...contact with others. It often puzzles one who tries to understand what He mant by saying, that one who became a disciple of his had to forsake all possessions and follow Him. It is true that the slow, stupid populace with which he had to deal needed some goad to arouse them to a consideration of their spiritual condition; but that does not solve the riddle entirely. He did not seek to take away worldly possessions and objects of love from his followers; he rather wished to put them in a position to know the true relations between earthly possessions...