Author: Sidney Hartnoll Beard

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9780484369398

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Excerpt from The Herald of the Golden Age, Vol. 4: November 15, 1899 How shall we get it? First of all, we must begin to think - about the sorrows and sufferings of our fellow creatures, about the needs of the world, about the evils which exist around us, about the best way in which we can lessen misery and promote happiness. Thus shall we develop sympathy. Then we must begin to work - to work individually - not merely to send in our names or our shillings to some organiza tion which is battling for the right, whilst we and others are contented to look on and patronize this excellent institution or that devoted worker. As we work, we must pray - pray for this spirit to be developed and manifested in us, lazy and indolent, and self-indulgent though we may at present be. As We pray we must seek enlightenment, and thus endeavour to bring about the answer to our prayers by studying social problems, by reading about the havoc and pain which is being wrought through the prevalence of ignorance, selfishness, and injustice. If we earnestly desire to become like our Master, who went about doing good, depend upon it we may - for God wants us to be filled with this spirit, and if we want it too, the change will be wrought in us, and we shall become workers instead of drones in this great earthly hive, and play a nobler part upon the stage of life. Our ministry must be determined by our development and capacity. Some must spread comfort and sunshine in their homes, and minister to those immediately around them, others must face the Divine call to right the wrong, in the larger world outside - to enter upon a life-long struggle as Reformers, and thus voluntarily taking up a cross which involves daily self-denial, must serve the 'many' instead of the 'few.' In some measure all may follow in the footsteps of the Christ, who by His life and teaching so reformed the ideas and ways of men that His influence has become the greatest factor in history and is destined ultimately to trans form the human race into the Divine likeness - to change the unconscious sons of men into conscious sons of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Herald of the Golden Age, Vol. 4 written by Sidney Hartnoll Beard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Herald of the Golden Age, Vol. 4: November 15, 1899 How shall we get it? First of all, we must begin to think - about the sorrows and sufferings of our fellow creatures, about the needs of the world, about the evils which exist around us, about the best way in which we can lessen misery and promote happiness. Thus shall we develop sympathy. Then we must begin to work - to work individually - not merely to send in our names or our shillings to some organiza tion which is battling for the right, whilst we and others are contented to look on and patronize this excellent institution or that devoted worker. As we work, we must pray - pray for this spirit to be developed and manifested in us, lazy and indolent, and self-indulgent though we may at present be. As We pray we must seek enlightenment, and thus endeavour to bring about the answer to our prayers by studying social problems, by reading about the havoc and pain which is being wrought through the prevalence of ignorance, selfishness, and injustice. If we earnestly desire to become like our Master, who went about doing good, depend upon it we may - for God wants us to be filled with this spirit, and if we want it too, the change will be wrought in us, and we shall become workers instead of drones in this great earthly hive, and play a nobler part upon the stage of life. Our ministry must be determined by our development and capacity. Some must spread comfort and sunshine in their homes, and minister to those immediately around them, others must face the Divine call to right the wrong, in the larger world outside - to enter upon a life-long struggle as Reformers, and thus voluntarily taking up a cross which involves daily self-denial, must serve the 'many' instead of the 'few.' In some measure all may follow in the footsteps of the Christ, who by His life and teaching so reformed the ideas and ways of men that His influence has become the greatest factor in history and is destined ultimately to trans form the human race into the Divine likeness - to change the unconscious sons of men into conscious sons of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.