 I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes...  The Cottager's monthly visitor - Side 1911831Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Henry Noble Day - 1870 - 380 sider
...objects of thought in the following sentences, and indicate them as Definitives or Epithets : — Faith makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to paradise. . " Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven." My connections, once... | |
 | 1870 - 588 sider
...over tho decay the destruction of existence, tho most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life oven when in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity — makes the instrument of torture and of pain the ladder of ascent to Paradise ; and far beyond all combinations... | |
 | John Wilson - 1871 - 364 sider
...useful, to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing. For it makes life a discipline of goodness; creates new hopes when all...calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of fortune, and shame the ladder of ascent to Paradise; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1871 - 364 sider
...firm religious belief to every other blessing. For it makes life a discipline of goodness; creates now hopes when all earthly hopes vanish; and throws over...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights; awakens tife even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity; makes an instrument... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 408 sider
...most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes, when all...all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from destruction and decay calls up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and shame the ladder... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 214 sider
...most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all...all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from destruction and decay calls up beauty and divinity. — Sir Humphry Davy. TRUE WISDOM. — Enjoy the... | |
 | Robert Polwhele - 1873 - 84 sider
...life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly ones vanish, throws over the decay of existence the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life even in death, makes even torture and shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and far above all combinations of earth]... | |
 | J. C. O. - 1873 - 204 sider
...useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and thrives over the decay, the destruction of existence ; it is the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens... | |
 | Christian life - 1874 - 446 sider
...REFLECTIONS. T SHOULD prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all...corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity, and makes an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of ascent to Paradise. — SIR HUMPHRY DAVY.... | |
 | Gates, Hades, Witness for Christ - 1874 - 186 sider
...useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, calling up the most delightful visions, where the sensualist and sceptic view only gloom, decay, and... | |
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