A solitary monarch without a kingdom
If nothing existed prior to six thousand years ago, then there was nothing for God to do, and nothing for him to do it with. Hence, he must have spent an eternity in idleness, a solitary monarch...
View ArticleWhere did God dwell before the heavens were made?
If God “created the heavens” (Gen. i. 1), and heaven is his “dwelling-place” (1 Kings viii. 30), then where did he dwell before the heavens were made? Here is a very puzzling question, and involves an...
View ArticleWas God blind?
As we are told God created the light (Gen. i. 3), the conclusion is forced upon us, that, prior to that period, he had spent an eternity in darkness. And it has been discovered that all beings...
View ArticleDelivered from eternal darkness
“God saw the light, that it was good” (Gen. i. 4). Hence, we must infer that God had just got his eyes open, and that he had never before discovered that light is good. Of course, it was good to be...
View ArticleLet us make man in our own image
The language, “Let us make man in our own image” (Gen. i. 26), seems to imply that there was an association of gods, — a company of almighty mechanics, who had formed a copartnership to do a big job.
View ArticleWhatever we have dared to think
Whatever we have dared to think, That dare we also say. — Lowell
View ArticleAaron
The high priest of the Hebrews, the worthy brother of Moses, and the perfect pattern of our modern priests. He caused his followers to worship, and he himself worshiped, the golden calf, an example...
View ArticleGod is Satisfied with his Works
And God saw everything that he had made and behold it was very good. (Gen. 1: 31)
View ArticleIndependence of mind
Independence of mind, freedom from a slavish respect to the taste and opinion of others, next to goodness of heart, will best ensure our happiness in the conduct of life. — Hooker
View ArticleAbbeys
Sacred retreats from the corruptions of the world, built and endowed at divers periods of quickened faith by pious brigands, and destined to receive a certain number of very useful citizens and...
View ArticleGod is Dissatisfied with his Works
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (Gen. 6:6)
View ArticleA man’s honest, earnest opinion
A man’s honest, earnest opinion is the most precious of all he possesses: let him communicate this if he is to communicate anything. — Carlyle
View ArticleAbbot
A spiritual father, in the enjoyment of a temporal income — attached to an abbey–on condition that he shall read his breviary, torment the monks, and go to law with them. Every abbot in this world is...
View ArticleGod Dwells in Chosen Temples
And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. . . . For now have I chosen and sanctified this...
View ArticleFreedom to think
Above all thought rises the freedom to think: above all utterance ranks the liberty to utter. — Higginson
View ArticleAbnegation
A Christian virtue; the effect of divine grace. It consists in hating one’s self; detesting every species of pleasure; avoiding everything that is pleasant and agreeable as if it were the plague...
View ArticleGod Dwells Not in Temples
Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands. (Acts 7: 48)
View ArticleAbraham
The father of all the faithful. He lied, and was made a cuckold; he pared off his foreskin, and, in a word, gave proof of so much faith that, had it not been for angelic intervention in the nick of...
View ArticleGod Dwells in Light
Dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto. (1 Tim. 6: 16)
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