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... noble Christian , who will not be so blind , how finely exclusive of bare and worldly ambitions ! Is it not full , within its sacred precincts , of thoughts that fearfully try and ascertain the links of eternity that are darkly wound ...
... noble Christian , who will not be so blind , how finely exclusive of bare and worldly ambitions ! Is it not full , within its sacred precincts , of thoughts that fearfully try and ascertain the links of eternity that are darkly wound ...
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Thomas Aird. that it is one great era , and a point for noble ambition to reach , more than gaining a city or subduing a kingdom ; nor that in the same progress is a higher point , the perfection of that conquest in Heaven . Having never ...
Thomas Aird. that it is one great era , and a point for noble ambition to reach , more than gaining a city or subduing a kingdom ; nor that in the same progress is a higher point , the perfection of that conquest in Heaven . Having never ...
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... noble ends of life are lost to him and that he has no reversion of opportunity to be like the great and good whose lives he reads with melancholy pleasure . And how shall he stand up in presence of the pure God , before whose eye he is ...
... noble ends of life are lost to him and that he has no reversion of opportunity to be like the great and good whose lives he reads with melancholy pleasure . And how shall he stand up in presence of the pure God , before whose eye he is ...
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... noble ; every age and every de- gree , fall , in the same moment of time , before that mighty leveller . The love of mother and of sisters , a beautiful wreath of affection and strong ! yet cannot it upbind his sheer cold scythe ; and ...
... noble ; every age and every de- gree , fall , in the same moment of time , before that mighty leveller . The love of mother and of sisters , a beautiful wreath of affection and strong ! yet cannot it upbind his sheer cold scythe ; and ...
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... our moral and religious nature could claim a strong ally in the natural elasticity of our hearts , and the noble enthusiasm of the Christian distinc- tion might be identified with the generous ar- dour of INDECISION . 71.
... our moral and religious nature could claim a strong ally in the natural elasticity of our hearts , and the noble enthusiasm of the Christian distinc- tion might be identified with the generous ar- dour of INDECISION . 71.
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Page 77 - Eve; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee, and thy being; Dream not of other worlds; what creatures there Live in what state, condition, or degree; Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of hig-hest heaven.
Page 15 - Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care, Confined and pester'd in this .pinfold here, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, After this mortal change, to her true servants Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Page 117 - He who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how shall he love God whom he hath not seen ? You, Mr.
Page 199 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days...
Page 79 - ... of wise and pithy saws which, to the number of between four and five thousand, were collected from all ancient literature by the industry of Erasmus in his great folio of Adages. As we turn over these pages of old time, we almost feel that those are right who tell us that everything has been said ; that the thing that has been is the thing that shall be, and that there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 257 - The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, Renews its finished course : Saturnian times Roll round again ; and mighty years, begun From their first orb, in radiant circles run.
Page 210 - And, seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, You cannot but forbear to murder me.
Page 97 - ... obey him in public and in private. This great virtue is the first trait in the moral character of St. Paul ; and it is absolutely necessary to the Christian character in general, since it is that parent of all virtues, to which God has given the promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.