| 1851 - 772 páginas
...respect to this great and glorious work, that we must not only do something, but must do it with all our might. " An angel's wing would droop if long at rest. And God Himself, inactive, be no longer blest." I muit now call upon our friend, Dr. Tidman, to read the Report ; — earnestly... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 páginas
...the senses, is brutish ; to diffuse peace, comfort, and bliss to the wretched, is God-like. Then, " Be thy thoughts to work divine address'd ; Do something...And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest." To seek, therefore, the highest welfare of immortal souls, by leading them to forsake the ways of sin... | |
| 1849 - 1188 páginas
...with care, Soon dies or runs to waste with fitful glare. Then be thy thoughts to work divine addressed Do something— do it soon — with all thy might...And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest." Labor gives a zest to all our enjoyments. It makes the plainest food savory, gives buoyancy to our... | |
| 1839 - 430 páginas
...unnerve thee quite , And be thy thoughts to work divine addressed; Do something—do it soon—with all thy might; An angel's wing would droop if long...longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Comernplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 páginas
...ambient Wake thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers. Lest these lost years should haunt thee on the night Wake ere the earthborn charm unnerve thee quite, And...long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind, Become... | |
| 1851 - 428 páginas
...ambient air. Wake, thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers, Lpst these lost years should haunt thee on the night When death is waiting for thy number'd...at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become... | |
| 1853 - 1048 páginas
...united. "Wake, And be your thoughts to work divine add reu'd; Do something— do It won— with all your might; An angel's wing would droop. If long at rest....And God himself, inactive, we're no longer blest. ANNIVERSARIES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The thirty. ninth anniversary... | |
| 1841 - 188 páginas
...ministering spirits," to watch over the good man's path,' and at last to bear his spirit up to heaven ; for " An angel's wing would droop, if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest" Benevolence is also sometimes found in man, even to an eminent degree, though we are naturally much... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 páginas
...is waiting for thy number'd hours To take their swift and everlasting Might ; Wake ere the earthbom charm unnerve thee quite. And be thy thoughts to work...long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer bless'd. 120 121 Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame retined... | |
| 1842 - 488 páginas
...numbered hours, To take their swift and everlasting flight ; Wake, ere the earth-born charm unnerve thce quite, And be thy thoughts to work divine address'd...at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprize of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become... | |
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