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Human Power in the Divine Life.

Human Power in the Divine Life;

OR,

The Active Powers of the Mind

IN

Relation to Religion.

BY

REV. NICHOLAS BISHOP, M.A.

"Two things fill me with awe-the starry heavens above me and the sense
of moral responsibility within me."-Kant.

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Butler & Tanner,

The Selwood Printing Works,

Frome, and London.

PREFACE,

THE design of the present work is to consider the Active Powers of the Mind in their relation to the Divine Life, their adaptation to the requirements of the Divine Law, and to the sense of Human Responsibility.

We can only exercise power to the extent that we are conscious of possessing it. The development and perfection of the Christian Life in us will depend upon the strength of our conviction that we possess the ability to comply with its conditions. Nothing can produce any practical effect upon that life which does not awaken a clear sense of moral agency; and, consequently, it is as necessary to become acquainted with the various faculties of the mind as to understand the teachings of Divine Truth.

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