Word: truthfulness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...optional, and before Mr. Garrison's letter appeared that part of the initiation had been abolished altogether. The newspapers with their usual disregard for facts which spoil the sensational element in their news have failed to discover these facts and many others, and consequently have gone wide of the truth in much that they have said in this matter. The Overseers have seen fit practically to leave the work of reform in the hands which have begun it, and we believe they have adopted the wisest course possible...
...loves law so little, and has lived according to it so rarely that he hesitates about pursuing the lawful course he is not yet a good citizen free, just as a man is not honest who has to struggle with himself in order to tell the truth. Nor is anyone righteous until the best path is the only one for him; until his self-government is so complete and so exactly in accordance with the divine laws that in his obedience he is free, and he feels no restraint from restrictions that forbid what he hates...
...with all other questions, to appreciate moral and religious truth requires especial training. Most men are not competent to judge. Consequently we ought to give our hearty confidence to great theological scholars, and the church ought to allow its scholars the fullest freedom in investigation...
...word "Gospel" has a double meaning, "good news" and "that which is given in return for good news." Gospels are being preached constantly and not all of them are from ordained ministers. All revelation of truth whether of Physics, History, Philosophy or any other great system is the bringing of good news and in return for the gift the receiver, will wish to make some return or at any rate ought to. Often the return is made unconsciously. The revelation will of itself influence the character and, shining of its own accord, will make the receiver himself a bearer...
Another interesting paper is one on "Joseph Severn and his Correspondents." The correspondents are Richard Westmacott, the painter, George Richmond, the painter, and others; but the most interesting letter of the series is from John Ruskin, giving his first impressions of Venice. One quotation is characteristic and not without truth: "I saw," says Mr. Ruskin, "what the world is coming to. We shall put it into a chain armor of railroad, and then everybody will go everywhere every day, until every place is like every other place; and then when they are tired of changing stations and police they will...