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. 1918 Excerpt: ...the circumstances, he will prove a translator of truth into goodness. This is the type of character which Christ's Way develops; and it is the sort of conduct by which His Kingdom grows. It is the outcome of the Mind of Christ. You will see how close is the application of this Spirit of the Way to the guidance of life. ...
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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. 1918 Excerpt: ...the circumstances, he will prove a translator of truth into goodness. This is the type of character which Christ's Way develops; and it is the sort of conduct by which His Kingdom grows. It is the outcome of the Mind of Christ. You will see how close is the application of this Spirit of the Way to the guidance of life. Here, for instance, is the field of conduct upon which the sexes meet. How shall one behave there? The Mosaic Law established many concrete rules in regard to the behavior of men toward women. These rules were in general so admirable as to lift Hebrew conduct to a plane very much higher than that of the surrounding nations and to give to Israel a correspondingly secure hold upon life; for it is true of nations as of individuals that the ways of impurity are ways of weakness and death. But Jesus was not content with these rules of Moses. A man might keep the letter of them all and yet fail to be a man of wholesome life. Here, as elsewhere, Jesus applied His rule of good-will in action. The fact of sex is of course fundamental in life and should be so recognized by young and old without hesitation or prudishness. The natural instinct of sex which attracts male and female to each other is an equally fundamental fact of society. In its raw and unregulated form it produces untold misery and degrades men to a level which sometimes seems to drop below that of the brutes. Touched with honor, on the other hand, this same instinct develops many of the most gracious traits of which men are capable. Loyalty, selfsacrifice, the understanding heart, and love stronger than death are all among the fruits of the Spirit grown on this field. How is the true Companion of the Way to regulate his conduct here? He is to try to be a constructive instead of a divisiv...
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Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Signed by Author First printing. Signed by the author and dated Oct. 1926 on the front free endpaper. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. 192 pp. Light shelfwear. Gift inscription on the second free endpaper. Otherwise fine.
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