Ancient light on modern lifeBlackwood & Company, 1885 - 240 pagina's |
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Pagina 32
... Yonder is Solomon's picture . A swift sure - footed roe upon the mountains , leap- ing from crag to crag over chasms that make your brain reel ! Here again is " Jesus " by Daniel : A little stone cut out of the mountain without hands ...
... Yonder is Solomon's picture . A swift sure - footed roe upon the mountains , leap- ing from crag to crag over chasms that make your brain reel ! Here again is " Jesus " by Daniel : A little stone cut out of the mountain without hands ...
Pagina 38
... - sand that will blister like boiling water , and suffocate sooner than the waves of the sea - the traveller must find a shelter or die ! In Java yonder , where the mountains have been vomiting boil- ing pitch in the 38 ANCIENT LIGHT.
... - sand that will blister like boiling water , and suffocate sooner than the waves of the sea - the traveller must find a shelter or die ! In Java yonder , where the mountains have been vomiting boil- ing pitch in the 38 ANCIENT LIGHT.
Pagina 59
... yonder , as He stands , one foot on earth , and the other in the chariot of the winds . Proud moment for Jesus ! " Tell them , " He says , " I bear the memories of my dying love for them , in these hands and feet . Tell them my soul ...
... yonder , as He stands , one foot on earth , and the other in the chariot of the winds . Proud moment for Jesus ! " Tell them , " He says , " I bear the memories of my dying love for them , in these hands and feet . Tell them my soul ...
Pagina 88
... Yonder is a maid sweeping the room , and because her mistress is away , she skips the corners and leaves the rugs un- lifted . " Get the thing done , no matter how ! " That is Eye Service . Mamma , do you know , Mary must be a Christian ...
... Yonder is a maid sweeping the room , and because her mistress is away , she skips the corners and leaves the rugs un- lifted . " Get the thing done , no matter how ! " That is Eye Service . Mamma , do you know , Mary must be a Christian ...
Pagina 98
... yonder in the wooded dell behind Mount Olives , where lived Mary and Martha and Lazarus and - Jesus !: who would not like to have looked in there , after sunset , when Jesus , tired of the heat , and worry of Jerusalem , has come over ...
... yonder in the wooded dell behind Mount Olives , where lived Mary and Martha and Lazarus and - Jesus !: who would not like to have looked in there , after sunset , when Jesus , tired of the heat , and worry of Jerusalem , has come over ...
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Pagina 10 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than, a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Pagina 159 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Pagina 77 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Pagina 21 - O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.
Pagina 89 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pagina 160 - Our toils obscure, an' a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Pagina 37 - I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Come unto me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to JESUS as I was — Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Behold I freely give The living water — thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Pagina 161 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Pagina 142 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pagina 164 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!