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...said Dr. Vincent, one were to ask most people, what are the greatest needs of the church today, the answer would probably be: Give us more proofs that the religion we possess is the religion of God; give us external unity in the church; give us a spiritual power that will dominate men; give us a clearer and more definite knowledge of the future...
...character and the divine authority; above all, he gives no divine companionship. For this we have his own words: "And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." When men have this gospel they need care little for greater power than God already grants...
...abused. He is particularly beset by two so-called friends, who use his house as their own for selfish ends, the one to provide his daily food and lodgings, the other to secure a husband for his daughter. Interwoven with the main plot are the adventures of Marmaduke's god-son, Alfred Wemyss, who has got himself entangled in a love affair with the wife of a fiery Mexican, Don Guzman. The play is in three acts. The scenes, three in number, are laid in San Francisco, at the present...
...sanctuary of his own soul he found the peace and security he had yearned for. Never was there a greater difference between the outer and inner life than we see at this time in Dante. The hand of man had let him go, and he grasped the hand of God...
Dante believed firmly that the setting forth of the lessons of wisdom was his divinely appointed task, and that in his work he was guided and strengthened by God himself. He intended to lead men to a happier, better condition on earth, by showing them the misery that they made for themselves by sin, and by pointing out the way by which they must ascend to blessedness. In few other works of men do we find such uninterrupted consistency of purpose as in the Divine Comedy. From the beginning to the end of the poem the aim of Dante...