 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
 | 1867 - 694 sider
...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing; for it makes life ad isciplino of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all earthly...of all lights; awakens life even in death, and from destruction and decay calls up beauty and divinity. — Sir Humphfey Davy. The Physiological Anatomy,... | |
 | 1830 - 760 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...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights; a wakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay, calls up beauty and divinity, and makes... | |
 | James Barr Walker - 1855 - 294 sider
...FOR IT MAKES LIFE A DISCIPLINE OF GOODNESS — CREATES NEW HOPES WHEN ALL EAKTHLY HOPES VANISH — THROWS OVER THE DECAY, THE DESTRUCTION OF EXISTENCE, THE MOST GORGEOUS OF ALL LIGHTS — AWAKENS LIFE IN DEATH — AND FROM CORRUPTION AND DECAY CALLS UP BEAUTY AND DIVINITY." " . SIB HUMPHRY DAVY, CHAPTER... | |
 | 1843 - 204 sider
...principles of ;ruth and virtue, and thus "creating new lopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throwing over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights; awaking life even in death, and from corruption and decay calling up beauty and divinity." Can it be... | |
 | 762 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 sham« the ladder of ascent to Paradise ; and f»r above all combinations... | |
 | 1920 - 906 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... | |
 | James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings - 1901 - 588 sider
...it makes suffering a discipline of good, creates new hopes when earthly hopes vanish, awakens life in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity, giving the most delightful visions, and the security of everlasting joys, where the sensualist and... | |
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