The gradual disappearance of the idea and feeling of majesty from the Church is a sign and a portent. The revolt of the modern mind has had a heavy price, how heavy is becoming more apparent as the years go by. Our God has now become our servant to wait on our will. \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d<\/i> we say, instead of \u201cThe Lord<\/i> is my shepherd,\u201d and the difference is as wide as the world.<\/p>\n
We need to have restored again the lost idea of sovereignty, not as a doctrine only but as the source of a solemn religious emotion. We need to have taken from our dying hand the shadow scepter with which we fancy we rule the world. We need to feel and know that we are but dust and ashes, and that God is the disposer of the destinies of men.<\/p>\n
Genesis 18:27; 1 Samuel 3:18; Psalm 23:1; Psalm 115:3; Daniel 4:34\u201335<\/p>\n
The Pursuit of Man,<\/i> 41, 42.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The gradual disappearance of the idea and feeling of majesty from the Church is a sign and a portent. The revolt of the modern mind has had a heavy price, how heavy is becoming more apparent as the years go by. Our God has now become our servant to wait on our will. \u201cThe Lord … Continue reading “GOD:
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