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... 1-- i ' if (•. I 5 j -,| tl 1 THE MORAL ORDER OF THE WORLD . i i #^^-'\^ 1 , •: if' L: f ^ ; I . T- . v32S2>- - i--"... .... v32S2>- - i--" -'T • -f The Gifford Lectures DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW IK 1898 SECOND SEJilES I'-'- *% V iL_ v/a*o --i.!tiiiwW'5a.«... ...ides. One who speaks of a Providence is a Theist, who believes in a God caring for, and governing, all. The Moral Order, on the other hand, is imperso... ... reality and essential nature ? Publication of these Lectures has been delayed for a twelvemonth by the state of my health. A. B. BRUCE. Glasgow, Apri... ...ed in the same drama in these teirms : ' Lo, they come, the gods' swift-footed ministers of ill, And in an instant lay the wicked low.' ' Slow punishm... ... to that accruing to others. In discoursing on the benefits derivable from all external ills, even death, Epictetus uses as an illustration the story ... ... brings the tears into my eyes ? Surely if the gods pay any attention to human affairs they exercise very little discrimination.' ^ Here is the age-lo... ...ntly to all, irrespective of character ; and when they happen they are. purely external events, therefore indifferent For the rest : consider that you... ... states, through the answers which it gave to those who sought its guidance in affairs of grave import. These answers were rendered more imposing by b...