Paul the Missionary and other studies

P.W. De Quetteville

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PAUL THE MISSIONARY
and other Studies
BY THE REV.
P. W. DE M.A.QUETTEVILLE,
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5PHILIP ESSEXGREEN, W.C.STREET, STRAND,
1909PRINTED BY KLSOM AND CO.
MARKET HULLPLACK,CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I PAUL THE MISSIONARY i
GENERATIONII SERVING OUR 22
OF A RULERIII THE CREDENTIALS 34
NEED FOR MEN ANDIV CHRISTIANITY A NATIONS . 46
LIFEV ENTERING INTO SPIRITUAL 59
WILLVI SUBSERVIENCY OF 70
VII PROPHETS IN JERUSALEM 79
AVIII THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF PROPHET ... 90
IX THE THINGS WHICH BELONG TO OUR PEACE . 102
X VIA CRUCIS 118
XI PHASES OF UNTRUTH 130
XII CHRISTMAS DAY 140
OF PRAISEXIII THE SPIRIT 152
THEXIV TURNING OUR FACE TO SMITER . . .162
HUMILITYXV THE MEANING OF 172
WORLDXVI THE CHANGING 181
KINGDOM NOT OF THIS WORLDXVII CHRIST'S . .192
SPIRIT OF DIOTREPHESXVIII THE 202
THE ANXIETIES OF LIFE 212XIX
THE OF THE WHOLE MATTER . .XX CONCLUSION 224
AGNOSTICXXI THE CHRISTIAN 237
OF ST. THOMAS .XXII THE AFTER-CONFESSION .250PAUL THE MISSIONARY
In the which surround thegardens Crystal
Palace in the of thereneighbourhood London,
are casts of mammoth sincebeasts,plaster long
which flourished inextinct, ages perplexingly
remote before the of our worldhistory began.
These hideous mastodons which dwarf the
creature now on ourlargest living globe, bring
a at the of their terribleshudder thought
How in the dark unnum-fierce,supremacy.
bered had conflicts between theseaeons, raged
brutes and to what scenes of devastation
;giant
must the world have been witness in their many
formidable encounters.
And the warfare which wasyet perhaps going
on between the of animatedrepresentatives
no thanselfishness in the scale was morehighest
in our-that which is still what is totaking place
selves the the sub-lowest. By microscope's
each of water reveals to us aserviency drop
world of like to the ofdiscordance, tyrannies
which the of its teemingapparent significance
when viewed from our stand-myriads, superior
Bthe2 Paul Missionary
has thealone of us in-point, power making
different.
This absence of in the order of creation,harmony
is when it the to on itsimplicates human, jarapt,
fine No of hassusceptibilities. depth thought
reconciled the : there is silent uneasinessmystery
* '
in its Is the forunaccountability. outweighed
* '
in the scale the ?by against
We are lost in of thecontemplation grandeur
of the at its infinite extension.universe, seemingly
there is in the : but
Intelligence surely designing
the were it of the elements :discord,why only
the the the ? Wewaste, imperfection, decay
read with of the havoc of thedismay earthquake
which its tens of thousands. Scarce lessengulfs
are we awed in of the at the re-presence past,
suscitation of these monsters of destruction.
To whatever in the scaleextent descending
sensation deadens whether the throe of a worm:
be at all commensurate with the when aanguish
dies : or the which is to agiant pain possible
moth be as acute as that devolves aupon
we are concerned but : wemammoth, indirectly
cannot the of nature. But wechange orderings
are bound the circumstances of birth to re-by
active in our humanspond by fellowship sphere,
wherever is The law finds itsfeasible.sympathy
force in its reasonable because of
persuasiveness,
our mutual necessities the of: ready inspiration
Mosaic precept.