Word: selfishnesses
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...spiritual life is the human soul acting toward God as its cause, sustenance and end. To develop it is not a selfish thing: it is a glorification to Him who died...
...English intervention in Egypt was induced by purely selfish motives.- (a) England was jealous of growing power of Egypt over Constantinople and Turkey.- (1) Egypt under Mehemet Ali had become consolidated: J. E. Bowen in Pol. Sci. Quar. (June, 1886).- (2) Egypt had conquered Syria and Arabia. (3) Had broken loose from Turkey.- (4) Had received a hereditary sovereignty of her own from the Porte: Ibid.- (5) In these gains Egypt was favored by Russia.- (b) England insured to prevent construction of, and gain control over, the Suez Canal: Ibid.- (c) England wanted railroads through Egypt...
...burnt offering goes forth in all our lives; but in many cases there is no love with it. It is the evil in us that converts labor into sorrow. The selfish life is not only small; but it is not even human. Earthly love makes sacrifice a joy, and this earthly love is a reflection of the heavenly love. If we open our minds to Christ, we shall be filled with the Heavenly love and the light of self-sacrifice...
...cyclops with the keen but narrow vision of its single eye for materialism. In America, where the child nation's body is scarcely grown and its sould but beginning to develop, sordid prosperity, even more than elsewhere, deadens man's higher senses and encourages his skepticism for everything except selfish gain...
...this is not sufficient. Man must be more than a passive receiver. The wise man's wisdom must bear fruit in action for others; the good man's goodness must be good for something to others. Indeed the manifestation of power follows naturally after the seemingly selfish culture. Though at first individual application is necessary and fitting, the consequent wisdom and grace must, if they have true worth, burst forth to the assistance of others less fortunate...