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... God , finding it almost too good to be true . " Unto me , " cried St. Paul , " who am less than the least of all saints , is this grace given , that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearch- able riches of Christ . " It is not ...
... God , finding it almost too good to be true . " Unto me , " cried St. Paul , " who am less than the least of all saints , is this grace given , that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearch- able riches of Christ . " It is not ...
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... God . " We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when ... God is seeking man lies in the fact that man is ever seeking God . The pursuer is actually the pursued . " We ...
... God . " We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when ... God is seeking man lies in the fact that man is ever seeking God . The pursuer is actually the pursued . " We ...
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... God's in- sistent pursuit of the human soul . The Universe , vast as it is , gives no safe hiding - place from Him ... God behind him because he had left his father's tent , but discovered , as he lay down to rest upon the hillside ...
... God's in- sistent pursuit of the human soul . The Universe , vast as it is , gives no safe hiding - place from Him ... God behind him because he had left his father's tent , but discovered , as he lay down to rest upon the hillside ...
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... God -not another , but Himself , in very truth - by their side . This ceaseless quest is the burden of Francis Thompson's greatest poem- " The Hound of Heaven . " The poem is the product of an ex- perience . He had been lost and was ...
... God -not another , but Himself , in very truth - by their side . This ceaseless quest is the burden of Francis Thompson's greatest poem- " The Hound of Heaven . " The poem is the product of an ex- perience . He had been lost and was ...
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... but Thames . THE SOUL IN FLIGHT " THE HOUND OF HEAVEN " describes the soul's attempt to escape from God . Later on the poet will face the question : How is it that , being made aware of God's presence , our 22 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
... but Thames . THE SOUL IN FLIGHT " THE HOUND OF HEAVEN " describes the soul's attempt to escape from God . Later on the poet will face the question : How is it that , being made aware of God's presence , our 22 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
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