Christian Churches and Churches of Christ; Lutz, Henry Frey, 1868-1926 -- Biography; Restoration movement (Christianity)
We need not worry about the pious, conscientious peoples scattered
among the sectarian churches; but we need to worry lest we do not do
all in our power to make it impossible for them to remain pious and
conscientious while upholding sectarianism. It is our duty to help them
to understand the Word; and if, after they understand it, they refuse
to obey it, they are under condemnation. But we cannot and dare not
decide whether they understand it or not. It is ours to preach the
Word, and it will judge them in that Great Day.
The ground or mainspring of conscience is love--love of the well-being
or welfare of all sentient beings, or of all beings capable of enjoying
happiness. Our conscience goads us to do what love demands as our duty.
He who, through want of discrimination, ignores the love element in
conscience, becomes a cruel misanthrope, and is misguided by a
perverted conscience. May the Lord help us to clear up our minds on
this subject of conscience so that this divine light may lead us onward
and upward towards perfection in holiness; and that this eye of the
moral nature may not be deprived of love and knowledge and thus
flounder around like a blind giant spreading misery and suffering
everywhere.
The Feelings or Emotions.
Psychology divides the mind into intellect, sensibilities and will.
This is doubtless a valuable classification in a general way. But the
classification is very general and indefinite. Indeed, school
psychology has confined itself almost entirely to a consideration of
the _general operations_ of the mind and has given us very little light
on the classification of the mental faculties. The limited attempts at
classification have varied considerably according to the subjective
make-up of the author, as the classifications were based on
introspection.
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