 Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read...  Notes and Queries - Page 1471879Full view - About this book
 | D. W. Clark - 1856 - 450 pages
...race, To whom our God has granted grace, To ask, to seek, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and find the way: But better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." I come now to speak, shortly, of the evils springing from the separation of things so noble and so... | |
 | Theology - 1856 - 604 pages
...their God has given grace To read, to heed, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Sir Walter Si:ult. CALVARY. BY MHS. SOUTHEY. DOWN from the willow bough My slumbering harp I'll take,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scotland - 1856 - 548 pages
...bosom, she replied : To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, "Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. " They call me idle — they call me dull —... | |
 | Missions - 1856 - 728 pages
...Lord has given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force their way ; And better had they ne'er been born. Who read to doubt, or read to scom. In the papal doctrine of a living expositor of the written Word, we have, after all, something... | |
 | 1856 - 902 pages
...renew you ? that you may not expose yourself to that doom described by the poet : ' But better bad they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.' Middlesbro' Dec. 22nd, 1855. W. LENNARD. AÍI АШШШГГ FROM ALARM. 'Among the lowest and most universal... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - Bible - 1858 - 360 pages
...nothing can arise,' — not even sorrow." The following lines, also, are said to have been found in his Bible : — "Within this awful volume lies, The mystery...ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." In Las Casas's Journal, this record is made concerning BONAPARTE : " The emperor ended the conversation... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1857 - 372 pages
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Many a fathom dark and deep I have laid the book to sleep ; Ethereal fires around it glowing — Ethereal... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1857 - 444 pages
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. Many a fathom dark and deep I have laid the book to sleep ; Ethereal fires around it glowing — Ethereal... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...WITHIN this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race. To whom their God has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to...ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. SCOTT. WILLIAM TINDAL. ABOUT 330 years ago, William Tindal translated the New Testament into English.... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1859 - 242 pages
...human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. " This packet is from Aunt Honora. She is always such a dear, kind aunt. Oh, Mary, it is a desk ! —... | |
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