Word: painful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Prayer of this kind does not need to be qualified with the words, "They will, not mine, be done. This is the prayer that help and blessing may be given, while it is only the prayer for relief from trial or pain with which the petitioner feels that he should ask that which he wishes may not be granted if it is not the Father's will...
...Martha and the friends of their dead brother. In all the history of Jesus' life we find that he was by nature of a joyous disposition which made his moments of deep sorrow, like the one in the text, all the more intense. The mingling of joy and pain in his life is what all men should expect to find in their own lives and those of their fellows. The gloomy pessimist and the careless, selfish man who turns his back on suffering are the evil extremes. We should be happy, as it is what Christ wishes...
...large crowd of interested hearers. His text was the words of Christ reiterated frequently in the gospels-"follow thou Me." The common idea of Christianity is that if offers to the world the alternative of a Heaven in which all is joy and a Hell in which all is pain; Heaven is to be gained by "believing in the Lord Jesus Christ," and Hell by disbelieving. Why do not all believe? Because this idea is a pagan idea grafted upon the pure stem of Christian faith. Christ does not offer anything so easy or so tempting. He offers...