The Renascence of FaithCassell, 1912 - 307 pages |
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Page 194 - To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy Pity Peace and Love Is God our father dear, And Mercy Pity Peace and Love Is Man his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
Page 274 - And, though their opportunities are but brief, the teachers can yet do much to lay the foundations of conduct. They can endeavour by example and influence, aided by the sense of discipline which should pervade the school, to implant in the children habits of industry, self-control, and courageous perseverance in the face of difficulties ; they can teach them to reverence what is noble, to be ready for self-sacrifice, and to strive their utmost after purity and truth ; they can foster a strong sense...
Page 274 - Not everyone is called to be a lawyer, a physician, a philosopher, to live in the public eye, nor has everyone outstanding gifts of natural capacity, but all of us' are created for the life of social duty, all are responsible for the personal influence which goes forth from us.
Page 274 - ... the corporate life of the school, especially in the playground, should develop that instinct for fair play and for loyalty to one another which is the germ of a wider sense of honour in later life.
Page 159 - If Shakespeare was to come into the room, we should all rise up to meet him ; but if that person was to come into it, we should all fall down and try to kiss the hem of his garment...
Page 174 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh ; yea though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Page 275 - In all these endeavours the School should enlist, as far as possible, the interest and co-operation of the parents and the home in...
Page 274 - School, to implant in the children habits of industry, self-control, and courageous perseverance in the face of difficulties ; they can teach them to reverence what is noble, to be ready for selfsacrifice, and to strive their utmost after purity and truth ; they can foster a strong respect for duty, and that consideration and respect for others which must be the foundation of unselfishness and the true basis of all good manners...
Page 145 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 150 - ... 1. That the visible world is part of a more spiritual universe from which it draws its chief significance. 2. That union or harmonious relation with that higher universe is our true end. 3. That prayer or inner communion with the spirit thereof- be that spirit 'God...