The `` belaboring '' is of course jocular, yet James was not lacking in fundamental seriousness -- unless we measure him by that ultimate seriousness of the great religious leader or thinker who stakes all on his vision of God.

Christian Science teaches that we are not Christians until we " go and do likewise ," until we in some degree " come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ ," as it says in the Scriptures ( Ephesians 4: 13 ).

Musica universalis or musica mundana referred to the order of the universe, as God had created it in " measure, number and weight ".

The author of 2 Chronicles generally praises his reign, stating that the kingdom enjoyed a great measure of peace and prosperity, the blessing of God resting on the people " in their basket and their store.

There must also be in the believer a deep conviction of needing more of God in his or her life, and a measure of consecration by which the believer yields himself or herself to the will of God.

Professor Davies tells us that Gerald, whom he calls " an admirable story-teller ", is the only source for some of the most famous of the Welsh folk tales including the declaration of the old man of Pencader to Henry II which concludes Descriptio Cambriae: " This nation, O King, may now, as in former times, be harassed, and in a great measure weakened and destroyed by your and other powers, and it will also prevail by its laudable exertions, but it can never be totally subdued through the wrath of man, unless the wrath of God shall concur.

In the first case the three great properties of physical bodies — weight, number, measure — in the second the division of created things into the classes of those that have merely physical existence, those that have life, and those that have thought, irresistibly lead us to conclude the power, wisdom and goodness of the Triune God.

The courthouse grounds feature a towering Confederate soldier memorial, erected in the early 20th century by the United Daughters of the Confederacy ( UDC ), topped by a Confederate soldier facing northward, and bearing the following inscription honoring Confederate casualties of war: God holds the scales of justice ;< p > He will measure praise and blame ;< p > And the South will stand the verdict ,< p > And will stand it without shame .< p ></ br > Oh, home of tears, but let her bear < p > This blazoned to the end of time ;< p > No nation rose so white and fair ,< p > None fell so free of crime .< p >

* Emily Dickinson's poem " Apparently With No Surprise " depicts God as approving of suffering in the world, relating the tale of a flower " beheaded " by a late frost as the sun " measure off another day for an approving God ".

: Has not the builder, fascinated by the beauty of the universe which he recognises as the work of God, erected this vestibule to Heaven in imitation of God who created with order, measure and beauty?

He is said to have taught his subject with great clearness, and with equal seriousness and piety, often referring to God as the supreme mathematician, who had constructed all things by number, measure and weight.

In most Baptist churches the term for clergy is pastor based on the literal application of Ephesians 4. 11-13: 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Galatians 1: 13 – 14 states, " For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews ' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews ' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers " ( King James Version ).

It is, as it were, a measure of the confidence that God places in us.

The medieval Christian view of God creating the universe, " by number, weight and measure.

However, Julian does instruct and caution Kempe to " measure these experiences according to the worship they accrue to God and the profit to her fellow Christians.

Angels go off to measure Paradise: the Judgement of the Righteous by the Elect One: the Praise of the Elect One and of God.

" The father's joy described in the parable reflects divine love, the " boundless mercy of God ," and " God's refusal to limit the measure of his grace.

: In England, Haydn came to know the favourite British national anthem, ' God Save the King ', and he envied the British nation for a song through which it could, at festive occasions, show in full measure its respect, love, and devotion to its ruler.

Some fundamentalists have argued that the 1890 Manifesto was not a real revelation of the kind given by God to Joseph Smith, Jr., Brigham Young, John Taylor and others, but rather was a politically expedient document intended by Woodruff to be a temporary measure until Utah Territory gained statehood.

His written legacy includes an autobiography and numerous sermons, which in some measure of contrast with others of his day, tended to accent God as an accessible and welcoming figure in the individual life.

But Allah doth appoint night and day in due measure He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count thereof.

These signals are given by verbal command and body language, reinforced by a goad, whip or a long pole ( which also serves as a measure of length: see rod ).

The international significance of the West German film industry of the 1950s could no longer measure up to that of France, Italy, or Japan.

Flynn originally took the extreme position that the very large increase indicates that IQ tests do not measure intelligence but only a minor sort of " abstract problem-solving ability " with little practical significance.

Being of great historical and architectural significance, the Old City went through a lot of renovations and there is still some measure of restoring to be done.

Long after it was first invented, slugging percentage gained new significance when baseball analysts realized that it combined with on-base percentage ( OBP ) to form a very good measure of a player's overall offensive production ( in fact, OBP + SLG was originally referred to as " production " by baseball writer and statistician Bill James ).

There is a good deal of debate and literature on how to measure the significance of public goods problems in an economy, and to identify the best remedies.

There is no doubt in the significance of comorbidity, but how to evaluate ( measure ) it in a given patient?

These matches are usually reported with a measure of statistical significance such as an Expectation value.

The degree to which socialism in New Zealand has been of significance in mainstream politics is debated, as varying definitions of socialism and communism make the extent of its influence difficult to measure.

The significance of measurements of intelligibility ( which is itself difficult to measure ) depends very much on analysts ' purposes and theoretical commitments.

Once the plaintiff proves those five they must also prove that the defendant trafficked in a product which was ( i ) designed or produced primarily for circumvention ; ( ii ) made available despite only limited commercial significance other than circumvention ; or ( iii ) marketed for use in circumvention of the controlling technological measure.

Pavlodar's significance was due in large measure to the substantial agricultural and salt-producing industries that had developed there despite the town's relatively small population.

" To get a sense of how important Ogun is in Yoruba culture, it is logical to explore the extent to which he was worshipped, since this is a direct measure of his significance.

This is the original paper, claiming a 2-3σ observation ( depending on the statistical method used to measure the significance ).

He held this post for a period of 20 years, during which he took his students on trips all over the country making measure drawings of buildings of architectural significance.

After the sounding, schools will read out a Civil Defence message in which students were reminded of the significance of the PWS signals and appropriate measure

That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government ; but that, by compact, under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government ; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force ; that to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party ; that this government, created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.

Resolved, that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government ; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes, delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government ; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force: That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party .... each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.

Reserving 14 Senate seats for nominees of the Great Council of Chiefs gave them the quota ( more than a third ) required to veto amendments to the constitution, while reserving seats for Government and Opposition nominees, the latter reflecting the political composition of the House of Representatives, guaranteed an acceptable, if not numerically equitable, measure of representation to Indo-Fijians and other minorities.

Resolved, that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principles of unlimited submission to their General Government ; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self Government ; and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force ; that to this compact each state acceded as a state, and is an integral party ; that the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself ; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.