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...took no text but his subject was "St. Paul's Basis of Morality." When Satan tempted the Lord it was with the suggestion that He was not the Son of God. All temptations must be answered in the strength of this suggestion. The independent power to gratify oneself is the basis of morality. Men too often thin that religion and morality differ and the idea causes much forced religion. Satan is our personal enemy and pledged to destroy us; this we must keep in mind. He hates us because humanity represents God. There is also a tendency to attribute...
...Paul regarded himself as a member of the body of Christ, and held his body sacred because it was of Christ. He said we should assist each other because we are the children of God. Men hold this idea too loosely now. St. Paul spoke more broadly about temptation than any other, and believed that one of the great causes of immorality is that we do not call things by their right names...
...Paul's Society last night in the Society room. He said: Today is the feast of St. Matthias, the apostle chosen to fill the place of Judas. In the study of Mathias we have almost nothing to guide us, we know only that it was he whom God chose to be his apostle. This alone shows that he must have been a man who had been with Christ and had known him, who was full of religious zeal and who was ready to sacrifice himself. Zeal and self sacrifice are the two chief characteristics of the apostles...
...stored at the journey's end. Now let us suppose that one of our human trusts is blockaded, what then is the result? Your physician informs you that you are unwell; that your system is not in order. The fact is, we are receiving so much from God and sending back nothing; the outgoing tracks are blocked. This situation represents the position of the world...
Life is like a stream that has flowed on and on until it becomes shallow and is nearly worn out. Then it is God's person which makes the stream reopen its heart, and life, all broad and deep, flows on again...