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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...and true, when out of the eternal sky there darted down the thunder-bolt of the Divine Word in the shape of the Son of Man. The two forces struck, crossed, collided. And out of the conflict there sprang forth the figure of the cross, a new humanity, a divine humanity, the spirit of Christ, the infinite progress of man. SEfje Unseen.--Despite all you say, God and immortality will remain unseen to most men. He who foregoes the seen for the unseen can only make the unseen seeable. Mortal life is seen, the immortal is unseen: man is seen, God is unseen. O teacher, teach men by sacrifice of the seen to see the unseen world. Cteetis.--How fatal is the tendency to confound men with their creeds! Judge men as they are, not as they believe. But there are false as well as true creeds. The test of the true creed is that it is the simplest and commonest, and yet with your utmost progress you can never grow up to it. The test of the false creed is that, in spite of all your bigotry, you have unconsciously outgrown it. The men that are as bad as their cruel creed are indeed very bad. Happily, most men are better than their beliefs. SEfje ©ailg fope.--Strange, whenever in communion, my spirit by some hidden impulse waits for an unknown message, a new delicacy, a gift, or joy. This is so every morning. Why, from whom, whence, is this ceaseless expectation? From man? Nay, from home, from heaven, from the immortals. Thus my hope is warmed and renewed from day to day. Exacting.--The holiness of God is most exacting. Scruples and restraints clog you at every step. The laws and restraints of the world cease to fetter you. It is true, you are a law unto yourself. But other and more serious restraints are soon imposed. The need of selfsacrifice even in the holiest life is ne...