A practical treatise on juries, their powers, duties, and uses, in all actions and proceedings, both civil and criminal, under the common law and under ... and of the State of New York. With forms

In the God Household, those in authority must use their power to empower all who are under their authority. You can do without friends, but not without neighbors. — EGYPTIAN No one is so rich as to need no neighbor. — HUNGARIAN We are mice of the same hole: If we don’t meet going in, we meet coming out. — HAUSA,EAST The Good News of Common Sense The message of Jesus implies that inner rather than outer authority ought to guide us: The time has come; a common-sense world inspired by the power of love is at hand; let this turn your old outlook on life upside down; put your whole heart into living in this good newness! (See Mark 1:15.) We can group the gospel parables quite naturally into five sets according to the way they relate to this central message. 1. Parables signaling the end of an unjust and exploitative world order. 2. Parables speaking of new life stirring, as in buds bursting, dough rising, and seed sprouting. 3. Parables alerting us to expect the unexpected. 4. Parables challenging us to seize the moment, to act as if everything depended entirely on us yet to trust in God and be patient. 5. Parables about a new order — an order of love — in answer to the perennial question that Piet Hein formulates as: “I want to know what this whole show is all about, before it’s out.” Wouldn’t we all want to know? Jesus offers this common-sense answer: It’s all about celebration; it all leads up to a great wedding feast. 1. The old order is collapsing ...»