...realize, as by another sense, his divine presence in all things. By praying to him when we can only say, "O God! — if there be a God — save my soul — if I have a soul," we at last learn to talk with this Heavenly Friend just as we would with an earthly friend. As, on...

...realize, as by another sense, his divine presence in all things. By praying to him when we can only say, " O God ! — if there be a God — save my soul — if I have a soul," we at last learn to talk with this Heavenly Friend just as we would with an earthly friend. As, on...

...Like the prayer said to have been offered by a soldier on the eve of battle, the Agnostic says : " O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !" Agnostics reject all forms of religion, yet claim to be religious. They cannot worship in a Christian...

...mid-heaven. Tell me one thing, though : do you ever pray ? " " What to ? And how ? Would you have me say, ' O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul'?" " Well, yes, if you can find no better formula. Are you sure that you really wish to believe ? " Giddings...

...the peaceful heavens, is mysteriously betrayed into the utterance of his first and last prayer — Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul ! As if in answer, the silent moon, far away in an atmosphere of its own, rises over the scene, and...

...as by another sense, his divine presence in all things. By praying to him when we can only say, "0 God! — if there be a God — save my soul — if I have a soul," we at last learn to talk with this Heavenly Friend just as we would with an earthly friend. As, on...

...universe had done this, as Christians are. If I were to pray, I should say, if I were candid, " Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul ! " It is humiliating for me, the child of pious parents, for whom a thousand prayers have been offered...

...into an opinion, which it is safe indeed to obey or to profess, but not possible to embrace with full internal assent. If this were to be allowed, then...can really pray to a Being, about whose existence he ia seriously in doubt ? ft. £ ./•'- • - - fW«i c- i I considered that Mr. Keble met this difficulty...

...as satisfactory in the region of religious belief. If it were possible to act on such a principle, " the celebrated saying, ' O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul,' would be a legitimate form of devotion; but," as Newman asks, " ' who can really pray to a Being about whose...

...region of religious belief. If it were possible to act on such a principle, "the celebrated saying, '0 God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul,' would be a legitimate form of devotion ; but," as Newman asks, " ' who can really pray to a Being about whose...