Concerning the Jones Family
Concerning the Jones Family
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I fear that Dr. Jones has not learned that the weak do not commit their burdens to the strong. Let him learn of his children then, who seek for refuge in their mother's slender arms and not in his.
I said at the outset that I had no expectation of re- forming him, because it is not in him to be reformed. He lacks the insight to apprehend spiritual things ; he is harsh ; he is coarse ; he dwells in forms and phrases ; he is constitutionally imperious ; he is not sympathetic ; he is not tempted a...s other men are. This lack of sym- pathy in his nature has cut him off from participation in the severest trials and struggles that ever visit the Chris- tian soul. He cannot have charity for others. But there are some who will read this paper and gather per- haps a valuable hint from it. It will not have been writ- 132 Concerning the Jones Family.
ten in vain if one preacher learns that his power and usefulness in the pulpit do not reside either in the ortho- doxy or the heterodoxy of his " views, " do not reside in any system of theology or in any intellectual power, but do reside in a spiritual life, which, acting through its sympathies, by apprehension of and application to hu- man need, nourishes, elevates, and spiritualizes human character.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I fear that Dr. Jones has not learned that the weak do not commit their burdens to the strong. Let him learn of his children then, who seek for refuge in their mother's slender arms and not in his.
I said at the outset that I had no expectation of re- forming him, because it is not in him to be reformed. He lacks the insight to apprehend spiritual things ; he is harsh ; he is coarse ; he dwells in forms and phrases ; he is constitutionally imperious ; he is not sympathetic ; he is not tempted a...s other men are. This lack of sym- pathy in his nature has cut him off from participation in the severest trials and struggles that ever visit the Chris- tian soul. He cannot have charity for others. But there are some who will read this paper and gather per- haps a valuable hint from it. It will not have been writ- 132 Concerning the Jones Family.
ten in vain if one preacher learns that his power and usefulness in the pulpit do not reside either in the ortho- doxy or the heterodoxy of his " views, " do not reside in any system of theology or in any intellectual power, but do reside in a spiritual life, which, acting through its sympathies, by apprehension of and application to hu- man need, nourishes, elevates, and spiritualizes human character.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by J G Josiah Gilbert Holland to read onlineMoreLess
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