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. 1920 Excerpt: ...we conceive of God and of ourselves aright, we shall put a lowly consciousness of sin and a desire for mercy in the forefront of our prayers.1 Ill // God be a supremely holy and ethically righteous Being, it further follows that the only prayer which can be 1 Compare the ordering of worship in the Book of Common Prayer ...
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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. 1920 Excerpt: ...we conceive of God and of ourselves aright, we shall put a lowly consciousness of sin and a desire for mercy in the forefront of our prayers.1 Ill // God be a supremely holy and ethically righteous Being, it further follows that the only prayer which can be 1 Compare the ordering of worship in the Book of Common Prayer so that Confession and Absolution shall precede the offering of praise and prayer. acceptable to Him is that which is accompanied by moral character, or at least an endeavour to realize it, and which respects the ethical nature of His commandments. No charms, spells, burnt offerings, incantations, no punctual performance of ritualistic rites, no scrupulous carefulness of ceremonial repetitions, are of any value in His pure and holy sight, if divorced from the morality which God requires of us. This great step forward was taken by Amos, Hosea, and the prophets of the eighth century before Christ. Isaiah especially scourged with scathing and pitiless severity the conventional and hollow public worship of his time.1 This indicates a clear advance in Israel from magical to spiritual religion. Merely ritual prayer now falls into the background. Sacrifices and offerings God does not desire. Ceremonial acts have no intrinsic value in themselves. The virtue of all worship lies, not in that which is done at the services of the sanctuary, but in the righteous secular conduct which is the background of the prayers of those who therein worship. Propitiatory offerings will not avail to purge away sin or ward off punishment, if bribes are accepted, the poor oppressed, widows and orphans iniquitously wronged, and the secret obedience of the heart withheld. Henceforth, ethics and devotion must meet together; religion and morality must kiss each other. Prayer...
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