This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... RESERVED POWERS. (jolt, 1857.) 2 Kings viii. 13: "Birr What! Is Thy Servant A Dog, That He SHOULD DO TniS GREAT THING?" T)REACHERS and moralists have continually warned their hearers against self-deception, and charged them, in the language of Paul, to think of themselves soberly, and as they ought to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... RESERVED POWERS. (jolt, 1857.) 2 Kings viii. 13: "Birr What! Is Thy Servant A Dog, That He SHOULD DO TniS GREAT THING?" T)REACHERS and moralists have continually warned their hearers against self-deception, and charged them, in the language of Paul, to think of themselves soberly, and as they ought to think. There are two difficulties in the way of obedience to this exhortation. The first is the difficulty of analyzing our own motives; the difficulty of looking at ourselves impartially, and seeing what manner of men we are. The other is the still greater difficulty of reading the possibilities of our own hearts, and seeing what some new set of circumstances may develop within us. Of the first difficulty the Christian preacher frequently speaks; but the magnitude and importance of the second makes it equally worthy of attention. To a person who has no interest in religious and spiritual subjects, it may seem an easy thing to know what is in his heart. It was doubtless an honest indignation in Hazael which made him repel so earnestly the prophecy of his future wickedness. He honestly believed himself incapable of such barbarity. But when new circumstances tempted him and aroused his ambition, that unhallowed lust for power hurried him at once into a career of atrocious crimes. He was, I doubt not, surprised at himself, and felt perhaps that he was under the influence of evil demons. But the evil lay in himself: it was not demonic influence, but the sunshine of opportunity, that started into rapid growth the seeds of remorseless ambition in his heart. Another man, placed in precisely the same circumstances, might have been wholly insensible to the temptation; but, placed in other situations, might have fallen, while Hazael stood. Few men...
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