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... religious fervor ; a sense of poetic justice and righteous retribution ; a scorn of gram- mar and rhetoric and rhyme and reason ; an in- coherence , a brutality , a diabolism , a patriotism , and a heroism , which must make it go down ...
... religious fervor ; a sense of poetic justice and righteous retribution ; a scorn of gram- mar and rhetoric and rhyme and reason ; an in- coherence , a brutality , a diabolism , a patriotism , and a heroism , which must make it go down ...
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... religious newspapers with the good that is done by Sunday schools , but it is not lawful to recount the evil which they do . You may point out from the narrative of the thief on the cross any moral which the Church has educed and taught ...
... religious newspapers with the good that is done by Sunday schools , but it is not lawful to recount the evil which they do . You may point out from the narrative of the thief on the cross any moral which the Church has educed and taught ...
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... religious newspapers are probably well acquainted with the tastes and distastes of the " religious public . " They know what it will bear , and against what it will rebel ; and they doubtless have learned more thoroughly than any others ...
... religious newspapers are probably well acquainted with the tastes and distastes of the " religious public . " They know what it will bear , and against what it will rebel ; and they doubtless have learned more thoroughly than any others ...
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... religious public does not see this by its own unaided vision , for what are religious periodi- cals established but to lend themselves to the work of enlightenment ? Or is it so that while the cus- toms of the world may be rigidly ...
... religious public does not see this by its own unaided vision , for what are religious periodi- cals established but to lend themselves to the work of enlightenment ? Or is it so that while the cus- toms of the world may be rigidly ...
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... religious training of chil- dren who have moral and religious parents at home and a minister for Sundays . Moreover , what is the kind of instruction which children receive in Sunday schools ? The answer may be found , partially , by ...
... religious training of chil- dren who have moral and religious parents at home and a minister for Sundays . Moreover , what is the kind of instruction which children receive in Sunday schools ? The answer may be found , partially , by ...
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Page 65 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Page 369 - Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the Sun, that now From ancient melody have ceased; Whether in heaven ye wander fair, Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air Where the melodious winds have birth; Whether on crystal rocks ye rove, Beneath the bosom of the sea, Wandering in many a coral grove; Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry; How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move, The sound is forced, the notes...
Page 299 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...
Page 370 - TIGER! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Page 76 - And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David : blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
Page 370 - Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read.
Page 78 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord : Peace in heaven, and, glory in the highest.
Page 76 - And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, 16.
Page 366 - I GIVE you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball ; It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.
Page 417 - MY days among the Dead are past : Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude.