Man's great concern : the management of life
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- Man's great concern : the management of life
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- 1920
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Man's great concern : the management of life
Author: Hull, Ernest R (Ernest Reginald), 1863-1952
Year: 1920
CONTENTS PART I OBJECTIVE OR ONTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES EXPLAINING THE DESTINY OF MAN, AND THE MEANS AND CONDITIONS OF ITS ATTAINMENT I. The Programme of Life; its Purpose, Aim and Goal 1. What life is meant for 1 2. Perfect happiness 3 3. The future life 5 II. Further Questions about the Future Life 1. Proofs of a future life 6 2. This life viewed as a probation 9 3. The conditions of the future life 11 III. The Law of Life; or how to Attain our Destiny 1. The law of right and wrong 14 2. Reasons for the law 16 3. Practical summary of the law 18 IV. Knowledge of the Law; or Reason and Conscience 1. The voice of conscience 19 2. Conscience and belief in God 21 3. The development of conscience 22 4. The excuse of ignorance 24 V. Sin, or the Breaking of the Law 1. The meaning of sin 26 2. Temptation to sin 27 3. Repentance and forgiveness 28 VI. Further Questions about Sin 1. Man's power to sin 29 2. The effects of sin 31 3. Forgiveness and punishment 33 VII. Degrees or Grades of Sin 1. Greater and lesser sins 34 2. Greater or lesser guilt 35 VIII. Indifferent Acts 1. Good, bad and indifferent 37 2. Circumstances alter cases 38 3. The end or intention 39 4. The end and the means 39 5. Ex