The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi: Resurrection. vol. IThomas Y. Crowell Company, 1899 |
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... advantages , seek to con- ciliate that which is irreconcilable , to violate the law of God ; but for a Christian , who firmly believes that his salvation depends upon following the teaching of Christ , this law can have no meaning . My ...
... advantages , seek to con- ciliate that which is irreconcilable , to violate the law of God ; but for a Christian , who firmly believes that his salvation depends upon following the teaching of Christ , this law can have no meaning . My ...
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... advantage of life , resistance costs thousands of such sacrifices . Non - resistance preserves ; resistance destroys . It is much safer to act justly than unjustly ; to endure an offense rather than resist it by violence ; safer even in ...
... advantage of life , resistance costs thousands of such sacrifices . Non - resistance preserves ; resistance destroys . It is much safer to act justly than unjustly ; to endure an offense rather than resist it by violence ; safer even in ...
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... advantage to be gained in sepa- rating from it . The controversy against error is based on feelings and ideas ; no uniform body of dogma has as yet been adopted ; differences of secondary impor- tance appear in the East and West with ...
... advantage to be gained in sepa- rating from it . The controversy against error is based on feelings and ideas ; no uniform body of dogma has as yet been adopted ; differences of secondary impor- tance appear in the East and West with ...
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... Lutheran have not at their beck so submissive a government as the Russian , we may be sure that they would not fail to take advantage of it were it within their reach . The Church as a church , whether it be Catholic THE KINGDOM OF GOD 73.
... Lutheran have not at their beck so submissive a government as the Russian , we may be sure that they would not fail to take advantage of it were it within their reach . The Church as a church , whether it be Catholic THE KINGDOM OF GOD 73.
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... advantage , be- cause it is advancing along an unbeaten track and there is no one of whom it can ask for the clue to the mystery of life , or how it shall demean itself under these unfamiliar conditions to which no nation has ever yet ...
... advantage , be- cause it is advancing along an unbeaten track and there is no one of whom it can ask for the clue to the mystery of life , or how it shall demean itself under these unfamiliar conditions to which no nation has ever yet ...
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Page 173 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock...
Page 87 - Sell that ye have, and give alms ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Page 185 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 219 - If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.
Page 50 - I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy : and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you ; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Page 14 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Page 50 - Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Page 87 - Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 And yet I say unto you.
Page 199 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Page 19 - Will it not be found in this respect, above all, "that what is beautiful is harmonious and proportionable'; what is harmonious and proportionable is true; and what is at once both beautiful and true is, of consequence, agreeable and good"?