Word: paradoxe
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...which we must strive to resolve into a perfect unity with God himself. We must give up the things of this earth and all self-seeking purposes, if we are to attain this unity. As Jesus has said, "He that loseth his life shall find it," and in this paradox is the solution of the problem. But the bare knowledge of this is not the way of salvation. By acts and faith alone can we attain the salvation of that which is most precious, the soul...
Peter was a "servant and an apostle." The paradox in this phrase is only seeming. Men must be obedient servants to God before they can be the friends, the apostles of the master; men must serve God's world and not themselves before they can reach the truest rewards. He that would follow me." Christ said to learn His love and be His Apostle, "Let him take up his cross and follow...
...book suffers a little from a trait noticeable in some other writings of this author an irrepressible fondness for paradox. Perhaps it is necessary nowadays to talk about Shakspere paradoxically, if one expects to receive any attention; but paradox too often passes for originality...
...possible that something of value can be learned from the other side of the shield, namely, the idea that with the first loss of innocence came the first step in the rise of man. As will be seen, this statement does not involve a paradox...
After all, then, the text is not a mere rhetorical paradox, though its maxim is even now regarded as a distant ideal, impracticable at present. Even in the church the largest purse secures the best pew. Not many years ago John Ruskin spoke in bitter words of England's growing indifference to the laws of Christ. Other nations, he said, had rejected a Supreme Ruler, but had done it bravely and honestly. Englishmen acknowledged the existence of a God, but it was a foolish one. The devil's laws were alone practical. The Golden Rule was an ideal impossible...