The Beatitudes of Jesus Vesper Addresses On the Octave of Blessedness
The Beatitudes of Jesus Vesper Addresses On the Octave of Blessedness
J Wilmer James Wilmer Gresham
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Where, then, may we find the source of mercy and pity, if not in nature? "Every good gift and every perfect gift, " says the Apostle, "is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shad- ow that can be cast by turning. " And mercy is indeed a good and perfect gift. Here the teaching of an apostle and the insight of the greatest of modern poets meet. When Shakespeare prompts Portia to exalt the quality of mercy, it is on the ground that it "droppeth... as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath ; ' ' that it is indeed "an attribute of God him- 81 The Beatitudes of Jesus. self. " Nowhere is the poet's insight into spiritual things more divinely true. The course of mercy is defended upon the plea of its being Godlike, which is equiv- alent to the motive urged by Christ, "that ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven. " MERCY IN CHRIST S TEACHING. This view of mercy being true, we are not surprised to find the quality that lies at the heart of our Beatitude the subject above all others which Christ enlarges upon most frequently in his later teach- ings.
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