Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews, Volume 2Ivison & Phinney, 1855 - Christianity |
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... contemplation of the changes which have since occurred there , and the causes of those changes . Beginning at the East , Babylon is the first city that at- tracts attention . We shall not describe its extent , its walls , its towers ...
... contemplation of the changes which have since occurred there , and the causes of those changes . Beginning at the East , Babylon is the first city that at- tracts attention . We shall not describe its extent , its walls , its towers ...
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... contemplate Western Asia as presenting a different aspect ; and to consider the changes which have oc- curred there , and the causes of those changes . We have seen splendid cities , whose size and wealth , as reported by ancient ...
... contemplate Western Asia as presenting a different aspect ; and to consider the changes which have oc- curred there , and the causes of those changes . We have seen splendid cities , whose size and wealth , as reported by ancient ...
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... contemplate it from the pulpit , and ask ourselves what is the theology which experience has shown to be best adapted to the ends of preaching , and which we can preach with a hope of success . In the first case we look at it indeed ...
... contemplate it from the pulpit , and ask ourselves what is the theology which experience has shown to be best adapted to the ends of preaching , and which we can preach with a hope of success . In the first case we look at it indeed ...
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... contemplate theology . We wish to make the pulpit a point of observation from which to look out on the world , that ... contemplates the propa- gation of religion mainly by other means than preaching ; and that which men are constrained ...
... contemplate theology . We wish to make the pulpit a point of observation from which to look out on the world , that ... contemplates the propa- gation of religion mainly by other means than preaching ; and that which men are constrained ...
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... contemplation of the starry heavens ; of hills , and streams , and lakes ; of the landscape and of the ocean ; and is willing in these things to admire and praise the ex- istence and perfections of the Creator . In the contemplation of ...
... contemplation of the starry heavens ; of hills , and streams , and lakes ; of the landscape and of the ocean ; and is willing in these things to admire and praise the ex- istence and perfections of the Creator . In the contemplation of ...
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Page 191 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Page 200 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past, A fifth shall close the Drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 353 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.
Page 195 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 340 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Page 192 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.
Page 292 - But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 184 - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Page 192 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 46 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.