Lectures on the Formation of CharacterA. C. Goodman, 1852 - 155 páginas |
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... sary for us to labor in order to live , and at the same time have so ordered it , that our labor must be an impediment in the way of our salvation . What is it but our daily life , the transactions which fill up the hours of the week ...
... sary for us to labor in order to live , and at the same time have so ordered it , that our labor must be an impediment in the way of our salvation . What is it but our daily life , the transactions which fill up the hours of the week ...
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... sary to its support and efficiency also starts into being . But for the operation of this law , many a mechanical invention , which becomes invaluable in connection with other inventions , would be comparatively useless . I select , as ...
... sary to its support and efficiency also starts into being . But for the operation of this law , many a mechanical invention , which becomes invaluable in connection with other inventions , would be comparatively useless . I select , as ...
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Página 100 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 78 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Página 5 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Página 60 - Therefore shall evil come upon thee: thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Página 21 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! In wisdom hast thou made them all : The earth is full of thy riches.
Página 74 - The unbreathing carbon of his festering thought, And drink in holy health. As the tossed bark Doth seek the shelter of some quiet bay To trim its shattered cordage, and restore Its riven sails — so should the toil-worn mind Refit for Time's rough voyage.
Página 78 - Find us further than to-day. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
Página 73 - WITH stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right That music of my nature, day and night With dream and thought and feeling interwound, And inly answering all the senses round With octaves of a mystic depth and height Which step out grandly to the infinite From the dark edges of the sensual ground.
Página 43 - And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
Página 69 - Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?