о HOURS OF ON SACRED THINGS. SECOND SERIES. BY JAMES MARTINEAU, LL.D., D.D., HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND Οὐ χρὴ κατὰ τοὺς παραινοῦντας ἀνθρώπινα φρονεῖν ἄνθρωπον ὄντα οὐδὲ θνητὰ τὸν - Jeder hat einen beschränkten Gesichtskreis, dessen Auge nicht bis zu Gott C BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1880. VINITY SCHOOL LIBRARY IRVARD LONERS! BX 9843 •M3 нь V.2 Cop. 2 PREFACE. In answering the call for a second volume of "Hours of Thought," I have allowed myself a slight variation in the rule of selection for its contents. The book was sent forth at first, and is sent forth again, in the midst of an intellectual conflict involving no less than the continued existence of any Christendom at all. Wearied with the clang of the opposing pleas, and noticing that disputes are seldom settled till their arguments are forgotten, I thought my best offering to the needs of our time would be a volume in aid of personal religion, and admitting no polemic tone to break the harmony of simple trusts and natural piety. has brought together by far the materials of the present volume. stances a place has been allowed to theoretical reasonings and expositions, when they seemed indispensable in support of some practical appeal to the conscience and affections. In an age when the language of religion is usurped by systems which discard its characteristic conceptions, it becomes impossible to guide the heart and strengthen the will without clearing the thought. And it is a sufficient justification of an occasional resort to metaphysical distinctions, that a confused use The same feeling greater part of the But in a few in |