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Page 119 - My substance was not hid from Thee when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth ; Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect, and in Thy
Page 108 - as when a hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth; but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or, as when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold he drinketh ; but he awaketh, and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite.
Page 103 - her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and in earth do her homage, the
Page 60 - For well she keeps her ancient stock. The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock; And still maintains, with milder laws And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the skeptic's puny hands, While near her school the church-spire stands; Nor fears the blinded bigot's rule, While near her church-spire stands the school.
Page 237 - I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write— Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that ihey may rest from their labors, and their
Page 119 - all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
Page 60 - The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured
Page 100 - I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the elaboration of its knowledge, is always analytical. It descends from the whole to the parts, from the vague to the definite. Definitude, that is, a knowledge of minute differences is not
Page 243 - describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing so large a quantity of water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire."*
Page 95 - Some wit of old, such wits of old there were, Whose hints showed meaning, whose allusions care; By one brave stroke to mark all human kind, Called clear blank paper, every infant mind;