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The Light of the East June 1942

1942

Which bridge could ever span that abyss ? Only one the length and breadth of which the Jews never fully realized and the possibility of which the Greeks hardlvdreamt of : the infinite love of God for man " the philanthropy of God our Saviour ". But so incredible is the extent of that love that a word of God is alone sufficient to convince us of it. [...] But from the worship of the symbol the devotion leads at once to the worship of the symbolized the love of men that is in God or rather as Saint John put it the Love of men that is God. [...] 88"points out the goal and the way to salvation the divine law which appoints the means the divine sacraments which give out the strength to be loyal to the doctrine and to obey the law. [...] Others through the mercy of God who wishes all mankind to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth " also receive their needful share of these waters but all unaware of Christ the source from which they spring and of the Church the reservoir wherein they are stored for the sake of all those who sincerely and earnestly " seek God groping after Him that they mav find Him." The di [...] The schools were located within the premises of the mosques and every evening before 92"the pupils got leave they stood up in the court-yard of the mosque and repeated after the Mulla the evening prayer the opening lines of which in the original were : Khair-bad Khairbad.
philosophy religion
Pages
18
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120063
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i Rev.D. Dandoy view
The Sacred Heart
82-84 unknown view
Catholic Intolerance
84-91 unknown view
The Story of an Indian Convert
91-94 B. Animananda view
Worth Quoting and Worth Remembering
95-95 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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