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... morals is insufficiently accomplished when they secure respect and order and obedience . For moral behavior may be a matter of dependence or of independence . The vir- tues may be imposed on children by superior strength of will , or by ...
... morals is insufficiently accomplished when they secure respect and order and obedience . For moral behavior may be a matter of dependence or of independence . The vir- tues may be imposed on children by superior strength of will , or by ...
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... moral danger . What is needed is some kind of continuance of the helpful conditions under which life has pre- viously proceeded . This is provided by re- ligion . For one of the fundamental facts of religion is the universal presence of ...
... moral danger . What is needed is some kind of continuance of the helpful conditions under which life has pre- viously proceeded . This is provided by re- ligion . For one of the fundamental facts of religion is the universal presence of ...
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... moral prudence . This may or may not be associated with an expectation of the punishment of God . The consciousness of the presence of God is normally enough : I will not offend against the will of God , I will not say or do or even ...
... moral prudence . This may or may not be associated with an expectation of the punishment of God . The consciousness of the presence of God is normally enough : I will not offend against the will of God , I will not say or do or even ...
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... drink , or whatsoever ye do , do all to the glory of God . " Thus all that is effective in the idea of moral betterment by observation is brought forward by religion out of the home and the school 17 The Conditions of Human Nature.
... drink , or whatsoever ye do , do all to the glory of God . " Thus all that is effective in the idea of moral betterment by observation is brought forward by religion out of the home and the school 17 The Conditions of Human Nature.
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... moral teaching can give him . He has been given a spiritual endowment which will make him rich as long as he lives . A second condition of human nature is our desire for knowledge . We are by in- stinct inquisitive . As soon as we learn ...
... moral teaching can give him . He has been given a spiritual endowment which will make him rich as long as he lives . A second condition of human nature is our desire for knowledge . We are by in- stinct inquisitive . As soon as we learn ...
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Page 144 - LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; graft in our hearts the love of thy name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 159 - ... renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow nor be led by them ? Answ.
Page 150 - Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 127 - Let my sins be all forgiven, Bless the friends I love so well ; Take me when I die to heaven, Happy there with Thee to dwell.
Page 254 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 149 - God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt ihe soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 150 - O ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.
Page 148 - Almighty and everlasting God / who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day / Defend us in the 68 CHURCH OF ENGLAND SERVICE. FREE CHURCHES same with thy mighty power / and grant that this day we fall into no sin / neither run into any kind of danger / but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance / to do always that is righteous in thy sight / through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 146 - Increase and multiply upon us thv mercy ; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal : Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen.
Page 17 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.