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ou," says Christ, "that he will avenge them speedily."But now, forasmuch as this parable reacheth not (so directly) thepoor Publican in the text, therefore our Lord begins again, and addsto that other parable, this parable which I have chosen for my text;by which he designeth two things: First, The conviction of the proudand self-conceited Pharisee: Secondly, The raising up and healing ofthe cast down and dejected Publican. And observe it, as by the firstparable he chiefly
o whathappened under their eyes, they drew from the fountain-head ofthe past. The events in the ancient history of Israel, which wasnot only studied, but lived over again daily, stimulated thedesire to criticize it. The religious reflections upon naturelaid down in the myths of the people, the fairy tales, which havethe sole object of pleasing, and the legends, which are thepeople's verdict upon history--all these were welded into oneproduct. The fancy of the Jewish people was engaged by the
aracter; but he goes further, when he asserts that'Bunyan's heart never was hardened.'[22] This is directly opposedto his description of himself:--'I found within me a great desireto take my fill of sin, still studying what sin was yet to becommitted; and I made as much haste as I could to fill my bellywith its delicates, lest I should die before I had my desire.' Hethus solemnly adds, 'In these things, I protest before God, I lienot, neither do I feign this sort of speech; these were
cannot be stationary; it must either decline or grow. Despite all the unworthy fears of our poor hearts, Divine love is destined to conquer. The bride exclaims:--Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as ointment poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love Thee. There was no such ointment as that with which the High Priest was anointed: our Bridegroom is a Priest as well as a King. The trembling bride cannot wholly dismiss her fears; but the unrest and the longing become
s the distinctionbetween eating and digestion.The following definition of teaching, contributed by a former statesuperintendent of schools, is rich in suggestion: "Teaching is the process of training an individual through theformation of habits, the acquisition of knowledge, the inculcation ofideals, and the fixing of permanent interests so that he shall becomea clean, intelligent, self-supporting member of society, who has thepower to govern himself, can participate in noble enjoyments,
large! I resolved to begin at the beginning and study some of their doings before I probed their reason. Fate threw in my way a connection by marriage, a naval man, who on board his ship at Bombay had had a visit from a wandering Hindu who offered to show a sight the sahibs could never have seen before. He agreed, and standing a great brass vessel of water on the deck the man stood off at a great distance and in the sight of many people beckoned, and the water rose snake-like in the jar and