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... moral purpose . One would have great happiness if the religious progress here kept pace with the evident political and social advance . I fear it is not so . Our day in Brussels was the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin , and our ...
... moral purpose . One would have great happiness if the religious progress here kept pace with the evident political and social advance . I fear it is not so . Our day in Brussels was the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin , and our ...
Page 43
... moral order still working , and a Governor among the nations . It is a good while since I read the book , and I would not advise you to do more than run over it with the aid of the " Contents . " What interested me most was the ...
... moral order still working , and a Governor among the nations . It is a good while since I read the book , and I would not advise you to do more than run over it with the aid of the " Contents . " What interested me most was the ...
Page 47
... morally I feel it ought to be , for intercourse with those who really feel in- terested in the great question about God and man and this strange world should send back a minister to work with fresh impulse . This is one reason why I ...
... morally I feel it ought to be , for intercourse with those who really feel in- terested in the great question about God and man and this strange world should send back a minister to work with fresh impulse . This is one reason why I ...
Page 112
... moral government and retribution . But the other thought of trust in God was the per- manent one . Die I shall give you an instance of the " scherzend " style , which Bekker founds on to cast doubts on poor Heine . It will scarcely bear ...
... moral government and retribution . But the other thought of trust in God was the per- manent one . Die I shall give you an instance of the " scherzend " style , which Bekker founds on to cast doubts on poor Heine . It will scarcely bear ...
Page 113
... weit mehr von dem Zeitgeiste fort- gerissen , als von dem eigenen Triebe . Wenn ich ohne mein Wissen die guten Sitten und die Moral beleidigt , welche die wahre Kraft alles H Glaubens sind , so bitte ich Dich , mein Gott LETTERS . 113.
... weit mehr von dem Zeitgeiste fort- gerissen , als von dem eigenen Triebe . Wenn ich ohne mein Wissen die guten Sitten und die Moral beleidigt , welche die wahre Kraft alles H Glaubens sind , so bitte ich Dich , mein Gott LETTERS . 113.
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Page 307 - When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel.
Page 62 - DAY! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last : Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and suppressed it lay. For not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud, an hour away ; But forth one wavelet, then another, curled, Till the whole sunrise, not to be suppressed...
Page 88 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not : behold, your GOD will come with vengeance, even GOD with a recompense ; He will come and save you.
Page 29 - ... the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills ; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 25 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 94 - And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green, And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills, And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold, Bring me my arrows of desire ; Bring me my spear : O clouds, unfold ! Bring me my Chariot of fire ! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem...