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The Bible is the most wonderful book in the world because its seers and teachers are amazed at the grace of God , finding it almost too good to be true . " Unto me , ” cried St. Paul , “ who am less than the least of all saints ...
The Bible is the most wonderful book in the world because its seers and teachers are amazed at the grace of God , finding it almost too good to be true . " Unto me , ” cried St. Paul , “ who am less than the least of all saints ...
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“ The history of philosophy , " wrote George Henry Lewes , “ is the history of man's quest for God . ” We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward He is not ...
“ The history of philosophy , " wrote George Henry Lewes , “ is the history of man's quest for God . ” We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward He is not ...
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It tells the great story of God's insistent pursuit of the human soul . The Universe , vast as it is , gives no safe hiding - place from Him ; it affords no single spot where we may feel secure from His all - searching presence .
It tells the great story of God's insistent pursuit of the human soul . The Universe , vast as it is , gives no safe hiding - place from Him ; it affords no single spot where we may feel secure from His all - searching presence .
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Amazement only deepens in those great souls as they go out to persuade men to turn and find God -not another , but Himself , in very truth — by their side . This ceaseless quest is the burden of Francis Thompson's greatest poem— “ The ...
Amazement only deepens in those great souls as they go out to persuade men to turn and find God -not another , but Himself , in very truth — by their side . This ceaseless quest is the burden of Francis Thompson's greatest poem— “ The ...
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THE SOUL IN FLIGHT HE HOUND OF HEAVEN ” describes the soul's attempt to escape from God . Later on the poet will face the question : How is it " TH that , being made aware of God's presence , our 22 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
THE SOUL IN FLIGHT HE HOUND OF HEAVEN ” describes the soul's attempt to escape from God . Later on the poet will face the question : How is it " TH that , being made aware of God's presence , our 22 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
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| Title | Spiritual Voices in Modern Literature |
| Author | Trevor H. Davies |
| Publisher | George H. Doran Company, 1919 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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