Excerpt from A Baccalaureate Sermon: Delivered at Williamstown, Ms. June 20, 1869 IF man would know what 'he may hope, or attempt, under God's natural government, he must know what he is in his nature, and in the powers which God has given him. If, again, he would know what he may hope for under God's moral govern ment, he must know what his character is. He must know his tendencies, and the direction of his voluntary activity. Hence self-knowledge is in two directions. The question may be, What am I? What nature have I? ...
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Excerpt from A Baccalaureate Sermon: Delivered at Williamstown, Ms. June 20, 1869 IF man would know what 'he may hope, or attempt, under God's natural government, he must know what he is in his nature, and in the powers which God has given him. If, again, he would know what he may hope for under God's moral govern ment, he must know what his character is. He must know his tendencies, and the direction of his voluntary activity. Hence self-knowledge is in two directions. The question may be, What am I? What nature have I? What powers? Am I in the image of God as created by Him? Am I in the image of the brute as developed from him or rather from that? Have these powers immortality as separate and conscious? Or are they mere upheavals of an infinite, underlying, unconscious force into which they will again sink, and all separate consciousness be lost Or, agalu, the question may be, What is my real char acter? Disguises aside, and the glozings of self-love, What are my deepest tendencies? What is that supreme end to which all else is subordinated? If a man would know himself fully, both these questions must be fully answered. He must know his powers, and he must know the direction of their activity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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