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... human existence on earth is improvement , moral growth , progress towards spiritual perfection . Trouble , as one of the means conducive to this end , is an essential part of the system under which we live . It is therefore a ...
... human existence on earth is improvement , moral growth , progress towards spiritual perfection . Trouble , as one of the means conducive to this end , is an essential part of the system under which we live . It is therefore a ...
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... human study never could evolve from the mysteries of the universe . It be- stows on the rich support which all their wealth could not buy . It offers its counsel to the young , and its solace to the aged . In- firmity leans upon the ...
... human study never could evolve from the mysteries of the universe . It be- stows on the rich support which all their wealth could not buy . It offers its counsel to the young , and its solace to the aged . In- firmity leans upon the ...
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... humanity , of patriotism - all unite to render us happy , and attach us to this world . Yet it is not our country ; it is only a place of passage , only a vestibule to lead us to our true dwelling . For what is it destined ? Not to ...
... humanity , of patriotism - all unite to render us happy , and attach us to this world . Yet it is not our country ; it is only a place of passage , only a vestibule to lead us to our true dwelling . For what is it destined ? Not to ...
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... every hour on earth , ten thousand human hearts rent with like sorrow , we are ready to ask- Can this universal fate be otherwise than an ordination of wisdom and goodness ? Can the unvarying ERRONEOUS VIEWS OF DEATH . 35.
... every hour on earth , ten thousand human hearts rent with like sorrow , we are ready to ask- Can this universal fate be otherwise than an ordination of wisdom and goodness ? Can the unvarying ERRONEOUS VIEWS OF DEATH . 35.
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... human frame is not made to live always , and the earth as evidently was not designed to support the accumulating generations of mankind . Nay , more ; departure at some time or other from this life , so far from being a penal ...
... human frame is not made to live always , and the earth as evidently was not designed to support the accumulating generations of mankind . Nay , more ; departure at some time or other from this life , so far from being a penal ...
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Page 139 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page xv - My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Page 52 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 147 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 216 - The winds breathe low ; the withering leaf Scarce whispers from the tree ; So gently flows the parting breath, When good men cease to be.
Page 52 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 144 - ... from many mistakes, and a skill had been laboriously acquired in the use of many powers. And the being I looked upon had just compassed that most useful, most practical of all knowledge,— how to live and to act well and wisely. Yet I have seen such an one die. Was all this treasure gained only to be lost? Were all these faculties trained only to be thrown into utter disuse? Was this instrument, the intelligent soul, the noblest in the universe,— was it so laboriously fashioned, and by the...
Page 174 - BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." OH, deem not they are blest alone Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ; The Power who pities man, has shown A blessing for the eyes that weep. The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years.
Page 130 - MY God, I thank thee ! may no thought E'er deem thy chastisements severe; But may this heart, by sorrow taught, Calm each wild wish, each idle fear. 2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom ; The sun shines bright, and man is gay; Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom, That darkens o'er his little day. 3 Full many a throb of grief and pain Thy frail and erring child must know: But not one prayer is breathed in vain, Nor does one tear unheeded flow.
Page 174 - There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And Grief may bide, an evening guest, But Joy shall come with early light.