Word: godding
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...only remedy for scornfulness is an upward view. As long as a man sees only what is beneath him he must remain on the "seat of the scornful." If he will only attach himself to something high, to the Law of God as expressed. by religion, he must inevitably change his plan and become...
...sees a new vision, perhaps not as great as a previous one but yet a new one. In the early history of Europe every distinct province had its own deity. In fact the theology of progression is distinctively a feudal theology. Slowly the people came to believe in one God, but still there remained the contention between the priests and prophets. The priests said that the office of religion was to placate God, while the prophets declared that its office was to please God, to do what was pure and good and righteous. In fact the history of the church...
...learn that the changes in religion are not lawless, but are subject to a steady growth, always in the light of what has gone before. Another thing we learn is that every man has an ear to hear the voice of God for himself, and hearing, has a right to go out and proclaim it to his neighbors...
Paul had a knowledge which we cannot find today among men. In knowing Christ he was not narrow; he knew God, he knew more of human nature than any one of us, his knowledge of ethics was greater than that of any man before him and he knew more of the life eternal, and all this from his study of Christ. From the crucifixion he learned the great truths of self-denial and self renunciation...
...time men say we are beyond these things but the fact is that we have not reached the ground on which Paul stood. Men are either tending toward his position, in science, or away in such theological absurdities as that some men are under the ban of God, are predestined for eternal damnation...