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The Voice Eternal; A Spiritual Philosophy of the Fine Art of Being Well

The Voice Eternal; A Spiritual Philosophy of the Fine Art of Being Well

Boyd, Thomas Parker

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PhilosophyGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1151333832
ISBN13: 9781151333834
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.07 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1914. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. A NEW GENERATION HE primal impulse of the In Mm finite life is creation. And this creative impulse finds expression in living things to whom is also imparted the creative impulse. The theologians have told us that the Infinite life is so perfect and so complete that it does not need anything to add to that completeness. Still they have felt the incongruity of perfect love that has no object but itself, or a perfect wisdom with no one to whom it could be exhibited. A hermit's existence does not appeal to a normal man, nor to God as an ideal existence. Hence for purposes at least of companionship in the Infinite life, the theologians have given us the conception of a trinity in which the one God lives in three expressions of being. Whatever may be said pro or con, this arrangement is a large provision for the social life of God. It is also the opening wedge for innumerable expressions of the Infinite life in carrying out the creative impulse. For it is not just clear why the number of divine expressions should be limited to three, when we find the Infinite life providing for further expression by setting in motion innumerable agencies endowed with creative impulse and procreative power, all steadily moving upward into more perfect forms of expression until at last, beings are evolved who are the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person--beings whom he calls his sons, is not ashamed to call them Brethren, and who shall be like him for they are one with him. The mighty volume of Nature reveals this process of moving up from unconcious cell-life to conscious God-life. Critically as we try we fail to find a satisfactory explanation of just how all these varying impulses seen in Nature arise, apart from the idea of the Infinite life pushing forward its cre...

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