Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Arthur Brisbane
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"'And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
receiveth me.'" Teach your children to think of and to love the divine Soul that pleaded their cause. Teach them that in all the words He uttered there can be found only love for them. No threats, no warnings-- only love. STUDY OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD "Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said . . . . Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding."--Job xxxviii. 1, 4. Since men have lived on earth their feeble intellects have struggled to realize the majesty of God. Succeeding nations and civilizations have expressed through laws or religions their puny conceptions of the power that controls the universe. As mental and moral standards have improved, there has been constant improvement in the conception of God. The Greeks and Romans imagined a variety of gods, and attributed to these the vices and weaknesses of men. The Fijians worshipped a god who devoured the souls of the dead, |
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