 | Alexander Balmain Bruce - 1886 - 408 strani
...refusing to be comforted because they are not. " Forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the ' new faith ' is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of ' the old,' I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
 | Interdenominational Congress - 1886 - 280 strani
...atheism overwhelming is upon us. Forasmuch," he adds, " as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the ' new faith ' is a desirable substitute for the old, I am not ashamed to confess that, with this virtual negation of God, the universe, to me, has... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1887 - 352 strani
...confess," says the author of a ' Candid Examination of Theism,' " that [with these new views] the universe has lost its soul of loveliness ; and although from...precept, ' to work while it is day,' will doubtless gain an intensified force, from the terribly intensified meaning of the words, ' the night cometh when... | |
 | Alexander Mair - 1889 - 432 strani
...NOTE XXI. p. .333. THE SADNESS OF ATHEISM. ' Forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the " new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of " the old," I am not ashamed to confess that, with this virtual negation of God, the universe... | |
 | 1890 - 596 strani
...breast of it in his " Candid Examination of Theism " : "I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the new faith...of the old. I am not ashamed to confess that with virtual denial of God, the universe has lost to me its soul of loveliness ; and although from henceforth... | |
 | Randolph Sinks Foster - 1890 - 472 strani
...myself compelled to accept the conclusions here worked out. I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the new faith is a desirable substitute for the waning splendors of the old. I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual denial of God the universe... | |
 | 1892 - 660 strani
...religion, he makes this remarkable confession : " Forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the new faith...that with this virtual negation of God the universe has lost to me its soul of loveliness, and although from henceforth the precept to ' work while it... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1894 - 608 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the 'new faith' is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of 'the old,' I am not ashamed to confess that, with this virtual negation of God, the universe... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1895 - 216 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the "new faith" is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of "the old," I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1895 - 218 strani
...an attitude of the purest scepticism. And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the " new faith " is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of " the old," I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe... | |
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I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness ; and although from henceforth the precept to 'work while it is day... 
