Source: Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
“A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.”
New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine #124
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“Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.”
The Quotable Sir John
I and Thou (1923)
Context: The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is divine meaning in the life of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and of me.
Creation happens to us, burns itself into us, recasts us in burning — we tremble and are faint, we submit. We take part in creation, meet the Creator, reach out to Him, helpers and companions. <!-- § 49
“Too fair to worship, too divine to love.”
“Too fair to worship, too divine to love.”
The Belvedere Apollo, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.”
Source: "Quotes", The Great Code: The Bible and Literature (1982), Chapter Three, p. 61
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Priest
As quoted at the Introductory page of Datta Peetham. http://www.dattapeetham.com