Light on the Pilgrim's Way; Selections from the Writings (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885. Excerpt: ... there must be mental aberration. But those who read the selections from Stork's writings contained in this volume will find there no indication of such aberration. It will be clear to the reader that--whatever mental struggles he may have passed through, after the conflict his Saviour remained to him the one great real presence of his life. I can add nothing to this sketch that is not told elsewhere in this volume. I have attempted simply to draw a portrait of my friend, as he appeared to me during that uneventful but important period of his student life which is included within my own personal recollection. New York, August nth, 1884. H. M. A. SELECTIONS. NEWMAN ON JUSTIFICATION It has often occurred to the writer to ask how it happens that a theologian so distinguished as he whose name is written above should be so little known, so seldom referred to. Surely, whether for intrinsic ability, or for interest arising from a striking individual history, there are few names in the Church of this century that can outrank that of John Henry Newman. One reason for this comparative obscurity in the theological world may be that his writings, in the main, have not been in those lines which attract general notice. For a man may have great powers and exercise them greatly, and yet, if he write in a discursive manner, or suffer his strength to play about many subjects rather than fix itself upon one, he will, despite his greatness, be passed by unregarded. The world is intensely interested in every age on a few certain fixed points, and anxious to have light thrown on these; and he who can bring the desired light is conspicuous in the public eye, not he who shows the Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification. By John Henry Newman. Sometime fellow of Oriel College. ...