 | Frederick Adolphus Packard - 1861 - 382 oldal
...useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and thrives over the decay, the destruction of existence ; it is the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens... | |
 | 1862 - 418 oldal
...to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes me a disciple of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes...gorgeous of all lights, awakens life even in death ; and corruption and decay call up beauty and divinity ; makes an instrument of fortune, and scales the ladder... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 oldal
...religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, — creates now hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws...life even in death, and from corruption and decay calle up beauty and divinity : makes an instrument of torture and of shame tho ladder of ascent to... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 354 oldal
...useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when...over the decay, the destruction of existence, the moat gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty... | |
 | 1862 - 616 oldal
...most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens new life, even in death ; makes an instrument n( tortqre and shame the ladder of ascent to Paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly homes, calls up the most beautiful visions of the palme anil amaranths, in the gardens of the blessed,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 oldal
...firm religions belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness; creiites new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws...an instrument of torture and of shame the ladder of aseent to paradise; and far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most delightful visions... | |
 | Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches - 1863 - 506 oldal
...useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all...beauty and divinity; makes an instrument of torture and shame the ladder of ascent tojParadise ; and far above all combination of earthly hopes, calls up the... | |
 | 1865 - 976 oldal
...useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all...divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and of shame tho ladder of ascent to Paradise ; and far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the most... | |
 | Book, H. A. - 1865 - 184 oldal
...or fancy : but I should prefer a firm religious faith to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all...and divinity ; makes an instrument of torture and shame the ladder of ascent to paradise ; and, far above all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up... | |
 | 1866 - 450 oldal
...most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to any other blessing: for it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes, when all...of all lights; awakens life even in death, and from destruction and decay calls up beauty and divinity; makes an instrument of torture and shame, the ladder... | |
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I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes... 
