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... but the spectacle of Infinite holiness crossing the gulf to abide among the outlaws . That He should for- give those who have so greatly sinned might well amaze the awakened heart , but far more wonder- ful 14 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
... but the spectacle of Infinite holiness crossing the gulf to abide among the outlaws . That He should for- give those who have so greatly sinned might well amaze the awakened heart , but far more wonder- ful 14 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
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... give up the quest . 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 ...
... give up the quest . 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 ...
Page 16
... gives no safe hiding - place from Him ; it affords no single spot where we may feel secure from His all ... give up the quest until he finds it . That , we say again , is the truth which has smitten , with ever deepening ...
... gives no safe hiding - place from Him ; it affords no single spot where we may feel secure from His all ... give up the quest until he finds it . That , we say again , is the truth which has smitten , with ever deepening ...
Page 18
... give a clear and logical prose résumé of his teaching as terse as a page of scholastic philosophy . " Sometimes such might be desirable to readers - his poetry ; but we need no prose résumé here . The haunting stanza which with slight ...
... give a clear and logical prose résumé of his teaching as terse as a page of scholastic philosophy . " Sometimes such might be desirable to readers - his poetry ; but we need no prose résumé here . The haunting stanza which with slight ...
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... give any account of the mystery of the Cross ? " The innocent moon that nothing does but shine , Moves all the labouring surges of the world , " exclaims our poet in one of his arresting meta- phors . But what innocence of ours moves ...
... give any account of the mystery of the Cross ? " The innocent moon that nothing does but shine , Moves all the labouring surges of the world , " exclaims our poet in one of his arresting meta- phors . But what innocence of ours moves ...
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