Horace Bushnell
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41.) Sermons for the New Life 20 - HE THAT KNOWS GOD WILL CONFESS HIM
Psalm xl. 10.-"I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation."
WHAT any true poet will say is commonly most natural to be said and deepest in the truth; for his art is to be unrestrained by art, and to let th ...read more
42.) Sermons for the New Life 21 - THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PASSIVE VIRTUES
Revelations i. 9.-"The kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ."
KINGDOM and patience! a very singular conjunction of terms to say the least; as if, in Jesus Christ, were made compatible, authority and suffering, the impassive throne of a monarch and the meek subjection of a cross, the reigning power of a prince and the mild endurance of a lamb. Wh ...read more
43.) Sermons for the New Life 22 - SPIRITUAL DISLODGEMENTS
Jeremiah xlviii. 8.-"Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed."
THERE is a reference here, it will be seen, to wine, or to the process by which it is prepared and f ...read more
44.) Sermons for the New Life 23 - CHRIST AS SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD
Hebrews vii. 26.-"Separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens."
WITH us of to-day, it is the commendation of Jesus that he is so profoundly humbled, identified so affectingly with our human state. But the power he had with the men of his time moved in exactly the opposite direction, being the impression he made of his remoteness and ...read more
