...still remains to written. After all, the breed of brave men did not wholly perish with Agamemnon. " The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; The word by seers or sybils told, In groves of oak or fanes of gold, Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers...

...expiring is Christianity, which has had a long experience in surviving creeds. Emerson hardily avers, " One accent of the Holy Ghost, The heedless world hath never lost." Creeds that had expired, of explanation or of anything else, said perhaps as little to Stephen's father-in-law...

...Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, The canticles of love and woe. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. One accent of the Holy Ghost...

... .J THOUGHTS FOR TO-DAY BY AMORY H. BRADFORD, DD, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MONTCLAIR, NJ One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. The Problem. — EMERSON. NEW YORK FORDS, HOWARD, & HULBERT 1888 •f > COPYRIGHT, IN 1888, BY AMORY...

...scriptures ; all that lasts is inspired. Perpetuity, not infallibility, is the sign of inspiration. " The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables...groves of oak or fanes of gold Still floats upon the moruing wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. One accent of the Holy Ghost The heedless world has...

...countless host, Trances the heart through chanting choirs, And through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. Ralph Waldo Emerson. (The PrrUem.) Morning. AS we proceed, the timid approach of twilight became more...

...his need, with the Rulers of life. Again Emerson's glowing lines will best utter our thought for us : "The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." For those, doubtless the overwhelming majority, who view the question with utterly incredulous eyes,...

...not yet speaking; that whatever is excellent is permanent; that the word unto the prophets spoken — "Still floats upon the morning wind, Still whispers...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost." Saxe says: "The poet's dreams are but the dim prevision Of blessings that shall be." It is needless...

...countless host. Trances the heart through chanting choirs, And through the priest the mind inspires. The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables...the Holy Ghost The heedless world hath never lost. Ralfh Waldo Emerson. (The Problem) Morning. AS we proceed, the timid approach of twilight became more...

...belief. 2. THE SOURCE OF AUTHORITY. Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tables...morning wind, Still whispers to the willing mind. — Emerson. All Christians rely upon human reason to some extent. But the reason finds limits beyond...