Excerpt: ...were in you it might be remedied, but it is in what you teach, and of course you teach what you believe, and won't say smooth things, as I fear other ministers do sometimes. You represented God calm and unchangeable as fate, as unrelenting and unimpassioned. In this spirit you portrayed Him taking up one life after another and putting it into the furnace of affliction, to see what He can make of it. You illustrated His manner of doing this by the sculptor with his cold, unfeeling marble, by the refiner with ...
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Excerpt: ...were in you it might be remedied, but it is in what you teach, and of course you teach what you believe, and won't say smooth things, as I fear other ministers do sometimes. You represented God calm and unchangeable as fate, as unrelenting and unimpassioned. In this spirit you portrayed Him taking up one life after another and putting it into the furnace of affliction, to see what He can make of it. You illustrated His manner of doing this by the sculptor with his cold, unfeeling marble, by the refiner with crude ore, and by the surgeon, and you forgot to say that the last stupefies his patients before cutting. You gave me the impression that as soon as God set about making us better we should find ourselves in trouble, and that, like certain school-masters of the old regime, He had faith in nothing save the rod. You know the natural feeling of children towards such pedagogues. How can we help feeling hi the same way towards God? Then you presented God as full of inflexible purposes, but the oftener you told us that we could not help ourselves, and that there was no use in resisting, the move I felt like resisting. The idea of cutting and carving character out of quivering human hearts as if they were marble! The idea of putting one, like a lump of ore, into a crucible, and then coolly sitting by to see what becomes of it! I'm not a lump of ore, and if I need harsh treatment I want it done sympathetically, feelingly, or I shall become a Tartar instead of a saint. The tears in your eyes the other night, Mr. Hemstead, did me more good than all your wise words." Hemstead looked as if a light were dawning upon him. "You spoke of this life," continued Lottie, "as if it were nothing, and as if God didn't care-indeed approved of our having a hard time here, that we might be more sure of a good time hereafter. You spoke of God as jealously watching, lest we should love earthly friends more than Him, and said that He was bound to be first, if He had to...
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Binding loose. Spotting. Cover worn. Backstrip scuffed and edgeworn. Hardback, Privately Owned, with previous owner's name inside cover, in fair condition, suitable as a reading copy, no dust jacket, 548pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
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Very Good. Very good Book rubbed at spine ends, corners and cover. Bumped corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pub by Dodd, Mead, 1898. NOT exLib. VG cond. hardcover, no dj. Green cloth over bds w/ white dec & framing, & gilt lettering on cover & spine. Very light exterior soiling & wear. P/O's signature on ffep, o/w book is clean & unmarked throughout. 434pp. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked except as noted, overall VG cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
