_Tú refrena la oración ante Dios._ LOS OBSTÁCULOS PARA LA ORACIÓN ESPIRITUAL Todos los motivos por los que se puede influir en el corazón del hombre se combinan para imponerle el gran deber de la oración. ¿De dónde, entonces, surge la indiferencia culpable hacia la oración espiritual, tan frecuent... [ Seguir leyendo ]
_The grey-headed and very aged men._ GREY-HEADED AND AGED MEN I. Old age presents social contrasts. Some are rich and some are poor. Some have all their wants anticipated and supplied; others are beset with difficulties, which seem to thicken with advancing years. II. Old age presents physical co... [ Seguir leyendo ]
_¿Son pequeños contigo los consuelos de Dios?_ PERDIENDO LOS CONSUELOS DIVINOS Algunos toman las palabras como un reproche a Job, mostrándole la irracionalidad de la impaciencia o el desaliento, cuán triste fue su caso, mientras tenían los consuelos de Dios a los que recurrir. También pueden tomar... [ Seguir leyendo ]
_Why doth thine heart carry thee away?_ IMPULSIVENESS Elihu means to say, Why dost thou allow thy feelings to carry thee beyond the boundaries of reason? The vast masses of mankind are the victims of ungoverned impulses. See this-- 1. In the formation of friendships. Such impulses often bring the... [ Seguir leyendo ]
_What is man that he should be clean?_ ORIGINAL SIN Of all the truths acknowledged and assumed in this ancient book, we find none more clearly or readily confessed than that of man’s original sin and native corruption. “What is man that he should be clean?” When a question is asked in argument and... [ Seguir leyendo ]
_He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it?_ THE CRY FOR BREAD There are certain things which if men want they will have. I have heard say that in the old bread riots, when men were actually starving for bread, no word had such a terrible threatening and alarming power about it as the wor... [ Seguir leyendo ]