The Choir Invisible and Other SermonsG. H. Ellis, 1899 - 113 páginas |
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... those ten somewhat doubtful but certainly delight- ful volumes know that the history of Europe was carried on almost entirely for some half a century by the three guards- men who are the heroes of the tale . It 6 The Choir Invisible .
... those ten somewhat doubtful but certainly delight- ful volumes know that the history of Europe was carried on almost entirely for some half a century by the three guards- men who are the heroes of the tale . It 6 The Choir Invisible .
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... century arrives ? I would not push this thought too far . Scott made an immediate furore ; and I imagine he will last when Dickens , or even Thackeray , is a fading light . On the other hand , it may well be that books of our own time ...
... century arrives ? I would not push this thought too far . Scott made an immediate furore ; and I imagine he will last when Dickens , or even Thackeray , is a fading light . On the other hand , it may well be that books of our own time ...
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... century instead of in the sixteenth or seventeenth than a visit I once made to the torture chamber of Nuremberg , where they show all kinds of things made to torture the life out of people or com- pel them to say they believed something ...
... century instead of in the sixteenth or seventeenth than a visit I once made to the torture chamber of Nuremberg , where they show all kinds of things made to torture the life out of people or com- pel them to say they believed something ...
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... centuries ago , when those fine people threw their bones into the foul and rotten straw about the table for their dogs to crunch . So , then , am I not right in saying that , even if the flood of modern thought had swept away some dear ...
... centuries ago , when those fine people threw their bones into the foul and rotten straw about the table for their dogs to crunch . So , then , am I not right in saying that , even if the flood of modern thought had swept away some dear ...
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... centuries back , which were relig- ious in their inspiration , while those of our own time are economical and social . And the hatred which economical and social antipathies engender is mild , is sweet , is al- together lovely in ...
... centuries back , which were relig- ious in their inspiration , while those of our own time are economical and social . And the hatred which economical and social antipathies engender is mild , is sweet , is al- together lovely in ...
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Página 62 - When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Página 56 - Do I find love so full in my nature, God's ultimate gift, That I doubt his own love can compete with it? Here, the parts shift? Here, the creature surpass the Creator, — the end, what Began?
Página 39 - We believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible. And in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father...
Página 15 - This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Página 36 - The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has not where to lay his head.
Página 93 - For us the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure.
Página 105 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Página 63 - And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Página 62 - Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Página 63 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.