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The Brahmo Somaj Keshub Chunder Sen’s Essays: Theological and Ethical

1916

Let any one closely watch the proceedings of the youthful and intelligent community of our country and he will say—Verily to this source to the influences of ungodly education is to be attribuvd the want of due progress in the social condition of the country. [...] Prayer wipes off the tears from the check of the afflicted converts the gloomy caverns of penury into abodes of prosperity and peace crowns the head of the child of adversity with the royal diadem. [...] Are not the white and the black races both works"( 28 ) of His hand ? Is He not the Father of the rich and the poor the wise and the illiterate ? Is He not my Father your Father and the Father of all men besides ? If so then perish sectarianism from the face of the earth—perish all that fosters discord and strife among mankind--perish all that rends God's holy family into antagonistic sects—per [...] How do you account for this anomaly ? B.—As in the mind of the individual there are on the one side natural and spontaneous beliefs which constitute the identity of his nature with that of other men and on the other his own judgments and opinions which are peculiar to him or to a particular sect ; so in the consciousness of humanity there is the deep-rooted religion of intuition in spite of the [...] In the school of nature the poor rustic trains himself to the holy truths of religion and learns to guide the vessel of life with the aid of piety and faith ; nay his simple mind oftentimes displays a fervent and burning faith in God and the immortality of the soul in comparison with which the most rigid and demonstrative conclusions of academic theology appear lifeless.
philosophy religion
Pages
319
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.142246
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi unknown view
Young Bengal this is for You
1-8 unknown view
Be Prayerful
9-20 unknown view
Religion of Love
21-29 unknown view
Basis of Brahmoism
30-42 unknown view
Brethren Love Your Father
43-51 unknown view
Signs of the Times
52-64 unknown view
An Exhortation
65-70 unknown view
Testimonies to the Validity of Intuitions
71-79 unknown view
Testimonies to the Validity of Intuitions
80-88 unknown view
The Rev. S . Dyson’s Questions on Brahmoism Answered
89-97 unknown view
Questions and Answers
98-102 unknown view
Revelation
103-120 unknown view
Atonement and Salvation
121-135 unknown view
An Appeal to Young India
136-149 unknown view
Harmonious Development
150-152 unknown view
Martha and Mary
153-156 unknown view
True Prayer
157-158 unknown view
Man as a Teacher
159-161 unknown view
Divine Mercy and holiness
161-163 unknown view
The Prophet of Nuddea
163-165 unknown view
Repentance and Joy
166-168 unknown view
The Law of Forgiveness
168-172 unknown view
Our Resting Place
172-174 unknown view
Beware of Trials
175-178 unknown view
The Spirit of Christ
178-180 unknown view
Subjective and Objective
180-182 unknown view
The Love of Man
182-187 unknown view
The Apostolical Missionary
187-191 unknown view
Immobility
191-192 unknown view
Direct and Indirect Teaching
192-195 unknown view
Woman’s Position in Society
195-198 unknown view
Asceticism
198-200 unknown view
Equality of the Sexes
201-203 unknown view
The Study of Science
203-204 unknown view
The Reality of God
204-207 unknown view
Religion and Morality
208-210 unknown view
Flowers
210-212 unknown view
God’s Grace and Man’s Efforts
212-215 unknown view
Resolution
215-216 unknown view
Contradicting God’s Words
217-218 unknown view
It He and Thou
218-220 unknown view
A Few Minutes with Nature
220-224 unknown view
The Architect and His Workmen
224-226 unknown view
Origin of Sin
227-229 unknown view
Natural Depravity
229-230 unknown view
Religious Enthusiasm
230-233 unknown view
Contemplation of the Invisible Spirit
233-237 unknown view
Harmony of Faith and Grace
237-239 unknown view
Divine Presence
239-240 unknown view
The Golden Rule
240-242 unknown view
Passionate Love of God and Humanity
243-245 unknown view
Power of Faith
246-249 unknown view
Renewal of Marriage
249-251 unknown view
The Inner World
251-252 unknown view
Crucifixion
253-255 unknown view
They went to the Mountains to Pray
256-259 unknown view
Past Sins
259-261 unknown view
How God Punishes Believers
261-264 unknown view
Brief Ejaculation
264-266 unknown view
A Thin Partition
266-268 unknown view
Prayer for Physical Benefits
268-270 unknown view
Mysticism
270-273 unknown view
Blessed are They that Serve
273-275 unknown view
Perception and Reflection
276-278 unknown view

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