This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...Christianity, and hence also the nature of the obe HSffding'g dience to be rendered. In like manner does he misrepremisconceptions of sent Christianity when he says that Christians are not Christian-J J ity. to love man for his own sake but for God's sake. It is a fact that we are taught to love man for God's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...Christianity, and hence also the nature of the obe HSffding'g dience to be rendered. In like manner does he misrepremisconceptions of sent Christianity when he says that Christians are not Christian-J J ity. to love man for his own sake but for God's sake. It is a fact that we are taught to love man for God's sake; and it is one of the glories of our religion that we are thus taught. Man does not always appear lovable to man, but we are taught that when men appear to us unlovable we must still love them because God, our God, loves them; and that when our hearts are right, we can love unlovable Grundlage der humanen Etblk, p. 48 f, Matt. v, 43,44; Luke lx, 52-56. -Gal. v.-, men. Until we can love them with our hearts we must love them in deed because God loves them. If we cannot love them for their own sake we must love them for his sake, and our love to him is tested by our love to man.' And this shows us that Christianity requires us to love man for his own sake. Besides, the whole Christian system proceeds on the theory that God loved man for man's sake. The Christian is expected to be not conformed to this world but to take God's point of view, and so to love man as God loved man. If there is any one thing well grounded in the entire Christian system it is that as Christians we are to love man for his own sake. Should any of us ever think in a pessimistic mood and moment that man is unworthy of love we are immediately taught the contrary by the recollection that Christ loved us and gave himself for us. In fact, the Christian is related both to God and man, to one as vitally as to the other, and the first duty to both is love. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God and thou shalt love thy neighbor," the neighbor being anyone who needs our...
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Good. Used-good. Spine cloth faded, intact but loosened from binding; end pages cracked inside boards to expose binding; previous owner stamp; interior very clean and solid, with very light page yellowing, no spots or other discoloration, nice. 616pp.
