A Comparative View of Religions - A Comparative View of Religions by Johannes Henricus Scholten
Excerpt: The conception of religion presupposes, a, God as object; b, man as subject; c, the mutual relation existing between them. According to the various stages of development which men have reached, religious belief manifests itself either in the form of a passive feeling of dependence, where the subject, not yet conscious of his independence, feels himself wholly overmastered by the deity, or the object of worship, as by a power outside of and opposed to himself; or, when the feeling of independence has awakened, in a one-sided elevation of the human, whereby man in worshiping a deity deifies himself. In the highest stage of religious development, the most entire feeling of dependence is united in religion with the strongest consciousness of personal independence.
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Illustrated History of Furniture Illustrated History of Furniture - Illustrated History of Furniture by Frederick Litchfield
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In the following pages the Author has placed before the reader an account of the changes in the design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork, from the earliest period of which we have any reliable or certain record until the present time
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John Bunyan
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Children, Grace be with you. Amen. I being taken from you in presence, and so tied up that I cannot perform that duty, that from God doth lie upon me to you-ward, for your farther edifying and building up in faith and holiness, etc
Light, Life and Love Light, Life and Love - Light, Life, and Love by William Ralph Inge
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TO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality, however,
this beautiful little treatise belongs to a period when that movement had nearly spent itself
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by Edmund S. Lorenz
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To he useful, a hymnal must express the peculiar type of Christian life characterizing the denomination it is to serve
The Cell of Self-Knowledge The Cell of Self-Knowledge - FROM the end of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fifteenth century may be called the golden age of mystical literature in the
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Quiet Talks on Prayer Quiet Talks on Prayer
by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
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A great sorrow has come into the heart of God. Let it be told only in hushed voice—one of His worlds is a prodigal! Hush your voice yet more—ours is that prodigal world. Let your voice soften down still more—we have consented to the prodigal part of the story
The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons - The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons by Henry Steel Olcott
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The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz
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