Christian ethics and wise sayings, by a presbyter of the Church of EnglandJ. Nisbet & Company, 1883 - 277 pages |
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... labours , and gathered with a glad and thankful heart a few of the various fruits and flowers I have met with in their many fields of learning . " I find , ” says Virgil , " in some neglected authors particular things not elsewhere to ...
... labours , and gathered with a glad and thankful heart a few of the various fruits and flowers I have met with in their many fields of learning . " I find , ” says Virgil , " in some neglected authors particular things not elsewhere to ...
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... Labour is become necessary to us , not only because we need it for making provisions for our life ; but even to ease the labour of our rest , there being no greater tediousness of spirit in the world than want of employment and an ...
... Labour is become necessary to us , not only because we need it for making provisions for our life ; but even to ease the labour of our rest , there being no greater tediousness of spirit in the world than want of employment and an ...
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... labour and to wait . The active do commonly more than they are obliged to do ; the indolent do less . To business ... labour for the common good- As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye . The present moment is the time to do good ; the ...
... labour and to wait . The active do commonly more than they are obliged to do ; the indolent do less . To business ... labour for the common good- As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye . The present moment is the time to do good ; the ...
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... labour nor courage . It is the bent of the basest and most worthless spirits to be busy in the search and discovery of others ' failings , passing by all that is commendable and imitable . But the more excellent mind of a real Christian ...
... labour nor courage . It is the bent of the basest and most worthless spirits to be busy in the search and discovery of others ' failings , passing by all that is commendable and imitable . But the more excellent mind of a real Christian ...
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... angel infancy ! Oh , how I long to travel back , And tread again that ancient track , Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinfulsound . Children sweeten labours , but they make misfortunes more bitter 36.
... angel infancy ! Oh , how I long to travel back , And tread again that ancient track , Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinfulsound . Children sweeten labours , but they make misfortunes more bitter 36.
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Page 190 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 234 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 111 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend.
Page 142 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 49 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking.
Page 147 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 269 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 43 - Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 144 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 98 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.