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... holy did she appear . Lucid as woven light were all her garments , and wings whose plumage had the softest tinge of azure , drooped gracefully from her shoulders . Her features might or might not have been perfect in outline , but they ...
... holy did she appear . Lucid as woven light were all her garments , and wings whose plumage had the softest tinge of azure , drooped gracefully from her shoulders . Her features might or might not have been perfect in outline , but they ...
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... holy , pure , and heart - feit Zeal , Misguided though thou be , There still is something heavenly - bright , And beautiful in thee ! And He who judges not as man , ' Tis his alone to try thee , And thou wilt meet that grace from Him ...
... holy , pure , and heart - feit Zeal , Misguided though thou be , There still is something heavenly - bright , And beautiful in thee ! And He who judges not as man , ' Tis his alone to try thee , And thou wilt meet that grace from Him ...
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... HOLY CITY . BY SEBA SMITH . CHAPTER I. JERUSALEM , AS IT WAS . No other city in the world has had such an eventful history , or presents so many interesting associations , as Jerusalem , " the city beloved of God . " It has been sacked ...
... HOLY CITY . BY SEBA SMITH . CHAPTER I. JERUSALEM , AS IT WAS . No other city in the world has had such an eventful history , or presents so many interesting associations , as Jerusalem , " the city beloved of God . " It has been sacked ...
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... , who , under Pompey , took possession of the city . Again it was taken by Antigonus , but he was deposed and put to death by Herod the Great , during whose reign the Savior , Jesus Christ was born . 14 A. L. Du The Holy City . 51.
... , who , under Pompey , took possession of the city . Again it was taken by Antigonus , but he was deposed and put to death by Herod the Great , during whose reign the Savior , Jesus Christ was born . 14 A. L. Du The Holy City . 51.
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... Holy City , and erected statues of Venus and Jupiter on Calvary , and the holy sepulchre , a new city was commenced on the site of the old , and even the name of Jeru- salem was almost lost for a time from the world . The words of Micah ...
... Holy City , and erected statues of Venus and Jupiter on Calvary , and the holy sepulchre , a new city was commenced on the site of the old , and even the name of Jeru- salem was almost lost for a time from the world . The words of Micah ...
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Popular passages
Page 131 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 269 - For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Page 273 - For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 134 - And is there care in Heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is...
Page 269 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . Because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 201 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, or any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 195 - The pilgrim spirit has not fled : It walks in noon's broad light; And it watches the bed of the glorious dead, With the holy stars, by night.
Page 243 - Tis in the gentle moonlight ; 'Tis floating midst day's setting glories ; Night, Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed and breathes it in our ears : Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve^ All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touch'd By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee.
Page 33 - Against the threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm: Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; 590 Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
Page 204 - I think of these times, and call back to my mind the grandeur and beauty of those almost uninhabited shores; when I picture to myself the dense and lofty summits of the forest, that everywhere spread along the hills, and overhung the margins of the stream, unmolested by the axe of the settler; when I know how dearly purchased the safe navigation of that river has been by the blood of many worthy Virginians; when I see that no longer any Aborigines are to be found there...