The Will to Be Well [Paperback]

Charles Brodie Patterson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0895402750 | ISBN-13: 978-0895402752 | Publication Date: December 1996

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. 1906. Excerpt: ... FREEDOM--INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL "The true secret of freedom, then, is to attune our soul, sphere until it beats in rhythmic harmony with universal har monY- --"the Light Of Egypt." "There are two freedoms--the false, where man is free to do what he likes; the true, where man is free to do what he "" --Charles Kingsley. "Who is the true man? He who does the truth and never holds a principle on which he is not prepared in any hour to act, and in any hour risk the consequences of holding it." --Carlyle. The Nazarene said on one occasion, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." When Jesus gave utterance to these words he was having a discussion with certain ones among the Jews, who referred to Abraham as their "father." We find the Jewish people everywhere dating their birth from Abraham. The Jewish idea was very different from the Christ idea: "For One is your Father, which is in heaven." And the Hebrews referred their religion to "the God of Abraham." With Christ it was different; to him there was one great Father of all--our Father. It has been men's custom throughout all time to quote authorities in denning their position. True authority is not to be found outside of one's self. It is not what some other person, however distinguished, may say; it is not what any institution or any book may say; it is the voice of God speaking to man in his own soul that constitutes the ultimate authority of life. There is no real authority to be appealed to elsewhere. It is not the acceptance of anything from an authority that makes us free; it is the Truth that does this. We should seek, therefore, to know all that can be known about truth. "What is truth?" asked Pilate. The question is always pertinent. While truth is eternally the same, man's relation thereto is ever chang...

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Sun Pub Co (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895402750
• ISBN-13: 978-0895402752
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
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