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Excerpt from Pro Christo Et Ecclesia(2) The idolatry manifested in image-worship before the age of literature afterwards shows itself in the worship of such conceptions of God as are rooted in the desire to gain his favour.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-...

Excerpt from The Mormon ProphetIN studying the rise of this curious sect I have discovered that certain misconceptions concerning it are deeply rooted in the minds of many of the more earnest of the well-wish ers to society. Some otherwise well-informed pe0p1e hold Mormonism to be synonymous with polygamy, believe that Brigham Young was its chief prophet, and are convinced that the miseries of oppressed women and tyran nies exercised over help...

Excerpt from Beggars All: A NovelKent stood between them and introduced the sleeping to the waking man. There was veiled comedy in his manner. Perhaps he had been amused at the simplicity of Gilchrist's self-introduction, and supposed him too stupid to perceive his mockery.My friend whom you see asleep is called Montagu the lamplighter. Montagu was, for unknown reasons, entered as his name on the Orphanage register when he was a baby, and he w...

Excerpt from The Practice of ChristianityMany virtues are required for the support of evil causes. Goodness must consist in what makes a man not only a good instrument but an instrument of good. Our Lo..l's unique goodness consisted not more in loyalty of will than in insight into God's will. His loving kindness gave Him this insight. In His criticism of life jesus csalts natural kindness and trustfulness as the foundation of all goodness. Dis...

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Excerpt from A Question of FaithHis path was a narrow cart-road. On either side the turf, wherever it was seen, was of very vivid and tender green, by rea son of moss that grew thickly in the grass, but on the greater part of the ground, heather with its brown seeds, and gorse with a few winter blossoms, were the cover ing. A few minutes brought him to where, in a hollow of the undulating ground near the descent of a steep combe, half a dozen ...

Excerpt from A Question of FaithHis path was a narrow cart-road. On either side the turf, wherever it was seen, was of very vivid and tender green, by rea son of moss that grew thickly in the grass, but on the greater part of the ground, heather with its brown seeds, and gorse with a few winter blossoms, were the cover ing. A few minutes brought him to where, in a hollow of the undulating ground near the descent of a steep combe, half a dozen ...

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Excerpt from The Removing of MountainsWe recognize this, but we are SO weak in the things of the Spirit that, not only have we been unable to conquer our enemies and thus keep peace by Spiritual power, but the greater number among us do not even desire more of such power, do not even admire the evidence Of it when they see it. We may obtain some cessation of war by war, but without a great increase of. Spiritual power we can never have interna...

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Excerpt from Paths of the RighteousThe speaker was a thick-set man, with a pleasant clarity of complexion. His hair was abundant, shiny, and rather long - not a length to suggest its owner's desire for artistic distinction, but rather that he had forgotten the existence of the barber.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an...

Excerpt from The Practice of ChristianityMany virtues are required for the support of evil causes. Goodness must consist in what makes a man not only a good instrument but an instrument of good. Our Lo..l's unique goodness consisted not more in loyalty of will than in insight into God's will. His loving kindness gave Him this insight. In His criticism of life jesus csalts natural kindness and trustfulness as the foundation of all goodness. Dis...

Excerpt from Beggars All: A Novel He found himself in a one-roomed dwelling, fitted up with tolerable comfort. That which surprised him was that, after he had seated himself near the fire at Kent's invitation, he discovered the friend alluded to, stretched on a low pallet, asleep. He looked like a young man somewhat withered and prematurely grey. He slept on like a baby. Kent stood between them and introduced the sleeping to the waking man. ...