Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... lead my steps aright . A bird's sure instinct , like faith beginning in instinct . But if not a sparrow shall fall unnoticed to the ground , why you of so much more value than even beautiful they or their fragile sisters of the field ...
... lead my steps aright . A bird's sure instinct , like faith beginning in instinct . But if not a sparrow shall fall unnoticed to the ground , why you of so much more value than even beautiful they or their fragile sisters of the field ...
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... lead to a thoughtfulness which life's obligations and distractions may never have allowed us before . For the ... Lead , Kindly Light . " Lead , Kindly Light , amid the encircling gloom , Lead Thou me on ! The night is dark , and I am ...
... lead to a thoughtfulness which life's obligations and distractions may never have allowed us before . For the ... Lead , Kindly Light . " Lead , Kindly Light , amid the encircling gloom , Lead Thou me on ! The night is dark , and I am ...
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... Lead Thou me on ! I loved the garish day , and , spite of fears , Pride ruled my will ; remember not past years . So long Thy power hath blessed me , sure it still Will lead me on , O'er moor and fen , o'er crag and torrent , till The ...
... Lead Thou me on ! I loved the garish day , and , spite of fears , Pride ruled my will ; remember not past years . So long Thy power hath blessed me , sure it still Will lead me on , O'er moor and fen , o'er crag and torrent , till The ...
Contents
Preface Foreword Poem Sonnet to Death Chapter I The Ferries at Bayhead Death as Natural Transition | 1 |
Last Things First Necessity of a Point of View | 11 |
God on Trial The Problem of Evil | 19 |
Copyright | |
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