 Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell Or smiled...  Annals of the American Pulpit: Methodist. [1860 - Side 180af William Buell Sprague - 1859Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Benjamin Braidley - 1845 - 258 sider
...country is the want of the ' churchgoing bell,' which these ' valleys and rocks never heard,' for they ' Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, ' Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared.' " " August 6th. — This day we returned from ' Cattskill Mountain House ' to New York. At six o'clock... | |
 | Charles David Brereton - 1846 - 48 sider
...silver or gold, Or all that the earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard; Ne'er sighed at the .sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared." The Church will send to this desolate land, to its unhappy tribes,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1848 - 162 sider
...silver or gold, or all that this earth can afford, but the sound of the church-going bell, these valleys and rocks never heard ; ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, nor smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. CHAPTER III. EXERCISES ON PUNCTUATION. LESSON LXX. The principal stops... | |
 | Salem Town - 1848 - 298 sider
...silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell, These vallies and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. 5. Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | Woolwich town hall - 1852 - 180 sider
...stand and exclaim, " But the sound of the church going bell These vallies and rocks never heard ; Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared." U Coming nearer home, what do we observe in Europe? It is perhaps not easy to determine whether the... | |
 | 1852 - 108 sider
...silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | John Wright - 1853 - 144 sider
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared." It would hardly be thought by those who know not the extent of... | |
 | James Bradley Finley - 1854 - 562 sider
...those who keep the holy day; but the whole might, with strict propriety, be called 'a land of darkness, and the shadow of death/ 'Where the sound of a church-going...stands, was nearly a dense and uncultivated forest. JSTo improvement was to be seen but Fort Washington, which was built on the brow of the hill, and extended... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 sider
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the ckorch-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard ; Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1855 - 136 sider
...silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell, These valleys and rocks never heard ; Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, i\ur smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. CHAPTER III. PUNCTUATION. Directions. In this Chapter, 1. Let... | |
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