The Works of William E. Channing, Bind 1James Munroe, 1845 |
Fra bogen
Resultater 1-5 af 58
Side xix
... knowledge of God . These remarks might easily be extended , but these will suffice to show , that in insisting on the claims of our na- ture to reverence , I have not given myself to a subject of barren speculation . It has intimate ...
... knowledge of God . These remarks might easily be extended , but these will suffice to show , that in insisting on the claims of our na- ture to reverence , I have not given myself to a subject of barren speculation . It has intimate ...
Side xxiii
... knowledge of the spirit of Christ . Another important step is , a better comprehension by communities , that gov- ernment is at best a rude machinery , which can accom- plish but very limited good , and which , when strained to ...
... knowledge of the spirit of Christ . Another important step is , a better comprehension by communities , that gov- ernment is at best a rude machinery , which can accom- plish but very limited good , and which , when strained to ...
Side 5
... knowledge , lest it should oppress and smother his genius . He was conscious of that within him , which could quicken all knowledge , and wield it with ease and might ; which could give freshness to old truths and harmony to dis ...
... knowledge , lest it should oppress and smother his genius . He was conscious of that within him , which could quicken all knowledge , and wield it with ease and might ; which could give freshness to old truths and harmony to dis ...
Side 28
... knowledge , and sends out his seraphim , with the hal- lowed fire of his altar , to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases . " - Vol . I. p . 148 . He then closes with a passage , showing from what principles he forsook these ...
... knowledge , and sends out his seraphim , with the hal- lowed fire of his altar , to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases . " - Vol . I. p . 148 . He then closes with a passage , showing from what principles he forsook these ...
Side 30
... that it calls forth power in the souls of others . It not merely gives knowledge , but breathes energy . There are authors , and among these Milton holds the highest rank , in approaching whom we are conscious of an 30 ON THE CHARACTER AND.
... that it calls forth power in the souls of others . It not merely gives knowledge , but breathes energy . There are authors , and among these Milton holds the highest rank , in approaching whom we are conscious of an 30 ON THE CHARACTER AND.
Andre udgaver - Se alle
Almindelige termer og sætninger
action awaken believe Bonaparte called Calvinism Calvinist cause character chief chiefly Christ Christianity church connexion conscience consciousness Creator crime despotism divine doctrine duty energy enlarged ergies error Europe evil exalt faculties faith fear feel Fenelon force France freedom French Revolution genius gifted give glory God's happiness heart highest honor human mind human nature important improvement individual infinite influence institutions intel interest JOHN MILTON justice knowledge labor liberty ligion literature manifestation means ment Milton modes multitudes Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte nations ness never objects ourselves outward Pantheism Paradise Lost passion perfection perpetual philanthropy poetry political polygamy principle progress Protestantism quickening religion religious remarks reverence rience Sabbath Scriptures seems society soul speak spirit spread sublime supreme sympathy teach theology thing thought tion total depravity true truth universal views virtue whilst whole wisdom
Populære passager
Side 32 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy.
Side 13 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence. How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled...
Side 28 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Side 13 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself, But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
Side 50 - O Adam, one almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good, created all Such to perfection; one first matter all, Indued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and, in things that live, of life...
Side 50 - Till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportioned to each kind. So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More aery, last the bright consummate flower...
Side 320 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Side 52 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Side 14 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes. And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Side 30 - Then amidst the hymns and hallelujahs of saints, some one may perhaps be heard offering at high strains in new and lofty measures, to sing and celebrate thy divine mercies and marvellous judgments in this land throughout all ages...