Pharcellus Church
Published: 2015-06-16
Total Pages: 376
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Excerpt from The Philosophy of Benevolence This work is designed for men of conscience and common sense, for men who desire to subjugate their physical existence to the higher sanctions of reason and divine revelation. Such as have not the moral courage to attempt an achievement of this exalted character, or who prefer to float with the current of passion, customs, and habit, rath erthan suffer the inconvenience of resisting it, will derive little advantage from its perusal. To those, however, who profess to live for eternity, who seek for the triumph of mind over matter; or even to those whose self-love would lead them to prefer what is upon the whole best to every injurious gratification of present feelings, we trust that these pages will prove not only interesting, but of service in accomplishing the high purposes of their existence. If a pagan historian could record for the instruction of posterity, that "the true use of riches is to employ them so that they may be for the owner's honor," and a heathen emperor could say in sorrow of the day in which no notable action for the good of others was performed, "I have lost a day," what should be the feelings of Christians, who have no plans for making either time or money subserve the interests of that world for whom their Master gave his life? 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.