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Page 140 - ... is his moral sense. This alone, when upright and pure, makes him a compact stability in society as well as in his private relations. LAWS are nothing, institutions are nothing, national power and greatness are nothing, save as they assist the moral purpose of God in the development of humanity. THE gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The bellowing speech of cannon and the baptism of blood mock its liturgies...
Page 133 - And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 88 - Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars, — not so sparkling and vivid as many, but dispensing a calm radiance that hallows the whole It is the bow that rests upon the bosom of the cloud when the storm is past. It is the light that hovers above the judgment-seat.
Page 131 - THERE are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul, — to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God.
Page 142 - Christ shall have so far prevailed over the wickedness of this world, that men will " beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 141 - Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.
Page 158 - When she was first brought to the police office, her aged father came and urged her to recant. Pointing to a vessel that lay on the ground, she said, ' Can I call this vessel anything else than what it is ? No. Neither can I say to you anything else, than that I am a Christian.
Page 42 - OUT of suffering have emerged the strongest souls ; the most massive characters are seamed with scars ; martyrs have put on their coronation-robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of heaven.
Page 54 - AT the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.