The mystery of pain : a book for the sorrowful ... / by James Hinton.

  • Hinton, James, 1822-1875.
Date:
1879
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Credit: The mystery of pain : a book for the sorrowful ... / by James Hinton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    to the sacredness of grief, made more sacred by the glory of its consolation. I do not seek to show whether, or in what way, other thoughts, natural and perhaps established thoughts, might need to be modi- fied in order not to conflict with these. There would probably be much less demand for change than might be supposed by those to whom the preceding thoughts may seem new. It may, however, serve to guard against mis- take, if I say that of course no meritorious character is ascribed to human sufferings. Man's redemption is accomplished in them; not in any way by virtue of them ; the resto- ration of humanity is carried out in our ex- perience, not wrought by us. I need scarcely say that, because in these pages man's con- dition has been compared to that of disease, it is not to be supposed that other aspects of his state are not recognised, especially his sinfulness ; or that Christ's work in relation to sin is lightly valued. But there has been the less reason for reference to these things, because I have left untouched the question of sin, and designedly limited myself to a