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Emerson tells of two of his friends , who for twenty - five years sought to prove the immortality of the soul . And he adds that the most powerful proof of the doctrine was in the impulse which sustained that prolonged endeavour .
Emerson tells of two of his friends , who for twenty - five years sought to prove the immortality of the soul . And he adds that the most powerful proof of the doctrine was in the impulse which sustained that prolonged endeavour .
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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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... majestic instancy , They beat — and a Voice beat More instant than the FeetAll things betray thee , who betrayest Me : Some one is out after the Soul of man ! Most of us are made aware of this in one way or another .
... majestic instancy , They beat — and a Voice beat More instant than the FeetAll things betray thee , who betrayest Me : Some one is out after the Soul of man ! Most of us are made aware of this in one way or another .
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In any case such hours are epoch - making in the soul's history . What Thompson would have us believe is that the experience has objective reality : there is One by our side ; and our happiness depends upon making full use of those ...
In any case such hours are epoch - making in the soul's history . What Thompson would have us believe is that the experience has objective reality : there is One by our side ; and our happiness depends upon making full use of those ...
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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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