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... side . " The history of philoso- phy , " wrote George Henry Lewes , " is the history of man's quest for God . " We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward ...
... side . " The history of philoso- phy , " wrote George Henry Lewes , " is the history of man's quest for God . " We pursue , it would seem , One who eludes our groping thought ; we hear the sweep of His garment , but when we go forward ...
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... side . This ceaseless quest is the burden of Francis Thompson's greatest poem- " The Hound of Heaven . " The poem is the product of an ex- perience . He had been lost and was found . It is the cry of a penitent and reclaimed soul . He ...
... side . This ceaseless quest is the burden of Francis Thompson's greatest poem- " The Hound of Heaven . " The poem is the product of an ex- perience . He had been lost and was found . It is the cry of a penitent and reclaimed soul . He ...
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... side ; and our happiness depends upon making full use of those special moments in life when His coming makes the heart soft and tender . It is love not hate which pursues us - mercy and not judgment , Christ and not the devil . The life ...
... side ; and our happiness depends upon making full use of those special moments in life when His coming makes the heart soft and tender . It is love not hate which pursues us - mercy and not judgment , Christ and not the devil . The life ...
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... side challenging our indolence and summoning us to spiritual af- finity . Thompson had as he puts it : " Heard the trumpet sound From the hid battlements of Eternity . " And turning hastily , he had obtained a half glimpse of the ...
... side challenging our indolence and summoning us to spiritual af- finity . Thompson had as he puts it : " Heard the trumpet sound From the hid battlements of Eternity . " And turning hastily , he had obtained a half glimpse of the ...
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... side . 66 An English preacher of the last century tells of a shepherd standing on the Cheviot Hills with his little son . " The love of God is vast , " said the father . He pointed North and South and East and West to indicate its ...
... side . 66 An English preacher of the last century tells of a shepherd standing on the Cheviot Hills with his little son . " The love of God is vast , " said the father . He pointed North and South and East and West to indicate its ...
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