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Prayer (1914)
EN PB NW RPISBN: 9781235746147 bzw. 1235746143, in Englisch, RareBooksClub, Taschenbuch, neu, Nachdruck.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Versandkosten nach: DEU.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, BuySomeBooks.
RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 24 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: . . . WHEN YE FAST We find on the shining sands of the seashore millions of beautiful shells with chaste carving and exquisite coloring. The rainbow seems imprisoned in their ever changing hues and shades. But the life which once lived in them and made these beautiful shells has long since departed, and the waves have cast them upon the seashore to return once more dust to dust and ashes to ashes. So are cast aside to perish religious forms, customs, and doctrines out of which has departed the divine life which gives them their significance, acceptability to God, and their usefulness to men. To such a pass had fasting come in the earthly days of our Lord. Its beautiful and divine spirit was absent. Its beneficence and helpfulness to the soul was desecrated, and like stagnant waters had become foul and corrupting. Fasting was, in their practice of it, a cheap method to attract the vulgar gaze of the crowd, gain notoriety for great sanctity, and peculiarly religious and devout lives. With unkempt hair, disfigured faces, they presented emaciated forms to gain the praise of men. It is needless to say that these fasting Pharisees got their reward, but not the reward of God descending upon them in truer, gentler, and more genuine character; in the conscious possession of sins overcome, and in the halo of a higher spiritual life. They came through their period of fasting with emaciated forms and sins fatted seven times fatter. Fanatical pride was only the more strengthened by the formal observance of an act out of which its spirit and life had departed. Jesus did not condemn fasting. He took it for granted that his followers would fast. He knew a man who followed him would have hunger flesh and blood cannot satisfy. Our Lord took from fasting the dangers to which it h. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, BuySomeBooks.
RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 24 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: . . . WHEN YE FAST We find on the shining sands of the seashore millions of beautiful shells with chaste carving and exquisite coloring. The rainbow seems imprisoned in their ever changing hues and shades. But the life which once lived in them and made these beautiful shells has long since departed, and the waves have cast them upon the seashore to return once more dust to dust and ashes to ashes. So are cast aside to perish religious forms, customs, and doctrines out of which has departed the divine life which gives them their significance, acceptability to God, and their usefulness to men. To such a pass had fasting come in the earthly days of our Lord. Its beautiful and divine spirit was absent. Its beneficence and helpfulness to the soul was desecrated, and like stagnant waters had become foul and corrupting. Fasting was, in their practice of it, a cheap method to attract the vulgar gaze of the crowd, gain notoriety for great sanctity, and peculiarly religious and devout lives. With unkempt hair, disfigured faces, they presented emaciated forms to gain the praise of men. It is needless to say that these fasting Pharisees got their reward, but not the reward of God descending upon them in truer, gentler, and more genuine character; in the conscious possession of sins overcome, and in the halo of a higher spiritual life. They came through their period of fasting with emaciated forms and sins fatted seven times fatter. Fanatical pride was only the more strengthened by the formal observance of an act out of which its spirit and life had departed. Jesus did not condemn fasting. He took it for granted that his followers would fast. He knew a man who followed him would have hunger flesh and blood cannot satisfy. Our Lord took from fasting the dangers to which it h. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
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Preyer; The Soul's Sincere Desire (2012)
ENISBN: 9781235746147 bzw. 1235746143, in Englisch, General Books LLC.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
General Books LLC, 2012-02-06. Used:Good. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
General Books LLC, 2012-02-06. Used:Good. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service.
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Preyer; the Soul's Sincere Desire (2012)
EN PB NWISBN: 9781235746147 bzw. 1235746143, in Englisch, General Books LLC, Taschenbuch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, plus shipping, Shipping area: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
Trade paperback.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
Trade paperback.
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