Letters and ReligionAtlantic Monthly Press, 1924 - 130 頁 |
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第 29 頁 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain and nourish all the world: Else none at all in aught proves excellent.
第 44 頁 - Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." Mr. Jefferson proposed, The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night — and on the other side, Hengist and Horsa, the Saxon chiefs, from whom we claim the honor of being descended, and whose political principles and form of government we have assumed.
第 59 頁 - Ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you, seek and ye shall find, call unto the 'Light' and the Ascended Masters will answer you, for they are the 'Light
第 114 頁 - I myself, in part, am a true witness, who not by strength of arguments, or by a particular disquisition of each doctrine, and convincement of my understanding thereby, came to receive and bear witness of the truth, but by being secretly reached by this life; for when I came into the silent assemblies of God's people, I felt a secret power among them, which touched my heart, and as I gave way unto it, I found the evil weakening in me, and the good raised up...
第 115 頁 - Lift up thine heart unto God with a meek stirring of love; and mean himself and none of his goods.
第 113 頁 - IM. x«.2o. a corner, came thereby to be taught to wait upon God in the measure of life and grace received from him, and to cease from their own forward words and actings, in the natural willing and comprehension, and feel after this inward seed of life, that, as it moveth, they may move with it, and be actuated by its power, and influenced, whether to pray, preach, or sing.
第 113 頁 - And therefore it was not preached, nor can be so practised, but by such as find no outward ceremony, no observations, no words, yea, not the best and purest words, even the words of scripture, able to satisfy their weary and afflicted souls : because where all these may be, the life, power, and virtue...
第 115 頁 - Thou thyself art cleansed and made virtuous by no work so much. And yet it is the lightest work of all, when a soul is helped with grace in...
第 114 頁 - ... them without words. Yea, sometimes, when there is not a word in the meeting, but all are silently waiting, if one come in that is rude and wicked, and in whom the power of darkness prevaileth much, perhaps with an intention to mock or...
第 114 頁 - ... one, and he will feel himself unable to resist ; but by the secret strength and virtue thereof, the power of darkness in him will be chained down : and if the day of his visitation be not expired, it will reach to the measure of grace in him, and raise it up to the redeeming of his soul. And this we often...