मैं उस व्यक्ति से बदतर स्थिति किसी की नहीं जानता, जिसे सर्वोच्च धार्मिक सत्यों का थोड़ा सा भी ज्ञान नहीं है और जो उस प्रकाश को पाने के लिए कोई प्रयास भी नहीं कर रहा है।
I know of no condition worse than that of the man who has little or no light on the supreme religious questions, and who at the same time is making no effort to come to the light.
I know of no condition worse than that of the man who has little or no light on the supreme religious questions, and who at the same time is making no effort to come to the light.
मरते समय फरिश्तों, ईसा मसीह, भगवान और स्वर्ग के दर्शन केवल अच्छे और सच्चे इंसानों को ही होते हैं। बुरे लोगों को ऐसे दर्शन क्यों नहीं होते? वे भी तो तमाम तरह की बीमारियों से मरते हैं; उनका स्वभाव भी संवेदनशील होता है; भविष्य को लेकर उनकी अपनी मान्यताएं और उम्मीदें भी होती हैं जिनसे वे बहुत मजबूती से जुड़े रहते हैं; तो फिर दुनिया से जाते समय वे ऐसे खूबसूरत भ्रमों में क्यों नहीं झूम उठते?
Dying visions of angels and Christ and God and heaven are confined to credibly good men. Why do not bad men have such visions? They die of all sorts of diseases; they have nervous temperaments; they even have creeds and hopes about the future which they cling to with very great tenacity; why do not they rejoice in some such glorious illusions when they go out of the world?
Dying visions of angels and Christ and God and heaven are confined to credibly good men. Why do not bad men have such visions? They die of all sorts of diseases; they have nervous temperaments; they even have creeds and hopes about the future which they cling to with very great tenacity; why do not they rejoice in some such glorious illusions when they go out of the world?
मृत्यु के करीब आने पर, बाइबिल के धर्म, उसके ईश्वर, ईसा मसीह और लिखित संदेश में लोगों का विश्वास कभी कम नहीं होता, बल्कि लगभग हमेशा और मजबूत हो जाता है, और अक्सर एक अटूट विश्वास में बदल जाता है; जबकि इसके विपरीत अविश्वास कभी मजबूत नहीं होता, बल्कि लगभग हमेशा कमज़ोर और डगमगा जाता है, और अक्सर पूरी तरह टूट जाता है।
At the conscious approach of death, faith in the Biblical Religion, with its God and Christ and written Revelation, never weakens, but almost or quite always strengthens, and very often advances to a splendid assurance; while unbelief under the same circumstances never strengthens, but almost or quite always weakens and falters, and very often fails utterly.
At the conscious approach of death, faith in the Biblical Religion, with its God and Christ and written Revelation, never weakens, but almost or quite always strengthens, and very often advances to a splendid assurance; while unbelief under the same circumstances never strengthens, but almost or quite always weakens and falters, and very often fails utterly.