Word: understand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...present system. As a change was necessary there seemed no better course than to adopt the pronunciation which according to sufficient evidence was, so far as any approximation can be made to a foreign tongue, really used by the Romans. We may be sure that a Roman could understand the words of the Latin play, though he might think they were spoken by a very barbarous people...
...used, as meaning that which is not consistent with reason, there is no sense in such a statement; but what Augustine meant was that he believed something beyond what is natural or comprehensible. This must always be the case with our belief in God,- we can not know and understand Him, and any doctrine that professes this is obviously false. To know God, faith is necessary-we must believe what we cannot...
...whole, becoming more intelligent. As in everything else the minister must help here to turn public opinion into the right channels. A minister can not preach mere sentiment on matters of law, but to talk reasonably and to influence his congregation in the right way, he must understand thoroughly such points as are likely to arise. It is sometimes said that ministers should not concern themselves with the laws of this world but should rather seek to teach the people the laws of the spirit. This is a very wrong point of view. The minister has always stood and will...
...Peabody preached last night in Appleton Chapel from the text, "For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face." This verse, he said, calls our attention at once to the contrast between our present state and the future. Now we cannot understand all things, we cannot know God perfectly. This fact troubles many people and they think that if we cannot know all we can know nothing. But Paul says "now I know in part;" partial knowledge is not to be despised. Our light now is reflected light, but while it comes through a mirror...
When we have finished this life then we shall see Him face to face and know Him as He is. All our difficulties will be made clear and everything we cannot understand will be plain. The riddle of what our life is and towards what end we are working will be solved. The greatest and best thing we can do is to receive the light of God and reflect it again. The greatest mistake a man can make is to cover up this mirror and sit in darkness...