Meditations and Contemplations, Volumes 1-2R. Scott, 1824 - Meditations |
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... rich and luxuriant ; like a well cultivated garden in summer . It was profuse in flowers and fragrance . This work met with great and deserved applause , and some opposition . Three editions were sold in the first year . It was attacked ...
... rich and luxuriant ; like a well cultivated garden in summer . It was profuse in flowers and fragrance . This work met with great and deserved applause , and some opposition . Three editions were sold in the first year . It was attacked ...
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... rich and finished structure that the sun ever saw . Yet , up- on a review of his work , and a reflection on the transcendant perfections of the Godhead , how he exalts the one and abases the other ! The building was too glorious for the ...
... rich and finished structure that the sun ever saw . Yet , up- on a review of his work , and a reflection on the transcendant perfections of the Godhead , how he exalts the one and abases the other ! The building was too glorious for the ...
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... rich in visionary bliss , he was even then tottering on the brink of both . Dreadful vicissitude ! to have the bridal festivity turned into the funeral solemnity ! Deplorable mis- fortune ! to be shipwrecked in the very haven ! and to ...
... rich in visionary bliss , he was even then tottering on the brink of both . Dreadful vicissitude ! to have the bridal festivity turned into the funeral solemnity ! Deplorable mis- fortune ! to be shipwrecked in the very haven ! and to ...
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... rich , they are happy , in this sacred pledge of the divine favour . They fear no evil ; they want no good ; because God is their portion , and their guardian God . No sooner turned from one memento of my own , and memorial of another's ...
... rich , they are happy , in this sacred pledge of the divine favour . They fear no evil ; they want no good ; because God is their portion , and their guardian God . No sooner turned from one memento of my own , and memorial of another's ...
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... rich towards God . O ! that we may walk through all these glittering toys , at least with a wise indifference , if not with a superior disdain ! Having enough for the conve- niences of life , let us only accommodate ourselves with ...
... rich towards God . O ! that we may walk through all these glittering toys , at least with a wise indifference , if not with a superior disdain ! Having enough for the conve- niences of life , let us only accommodate ourselves with ...
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Page 162 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim: The unwearied sun from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land, The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as...
Page 116 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 95 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 6 - Shed o'er the peaceful world. Then is the time For those whom Wisdom and whom Nature charm To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd, And soar above this little scene of things; To tread low-thoughted Vice beneath their feet; To soothe the throbbing passions into peace, And woo lone Quiet in her silent walks.
Page 174 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground : and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 183 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, honour, and glory, and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 94 - How shocking must thy summons be, O Death ! To him that is at ease in his possessions ; Who, counting on long years of pleasure here, Is quite unfurnish'd for that world to come ! In that dread moment, how the frantic soul Raves round the walls of her clay tenement, Runs to each avenue, and shrieks for help, But shrieks in vain...
Page 91 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 182 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 162 - What though in solemn silence all Move round the DARK TERRESTRIAL BALL ! What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found! In Reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice — For ever singing as they shine, ' THE HAND THAT MADE us is DIVINE.