Liberty and Life: Discourses

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C. H. Kerr, 1889 - 208 pages
 

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Page 143 - God of the Granite and the Rose ! Soul of the Sparrow and the Bee ! The mighty tide of Being flows Through countless channels, Lord, from Thee. It leaps to life in grass and flowers, Through every grade of being runs, While from Creation's radiant towers Its glory flames in Stars and Suns.
Page 143 - ... God of the granite and the rose ! Soul of the sparrow and the bee ! The mighty tide of being flows, Through countless channels, Lord, from thee. " It leaps to life in grass and flowers, Through every grade of being runs ; Till, from creation's radiant towers, Its glory flames in stars and suns.
Page 12 - It is too late ! Ah, nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
Page 118 - Q. 90. What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment} A. At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Christ in the clouds," shall be set on his right hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted...
Page 158 - They that go down to the sea in ships, and do business in great waters, These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 70 - When each by turns was guide to each, And Fancy light from Fancy caught, And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech ; And all we met was fair and good, And all was good that Time could bring, And all the secret of the Spring Moved in the chambers of the blood...
Page 152 - Here's the smell of blood still : all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Page 187 - Religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good."— SWEDENBORG. He left a load of anthracite In front of a poor woman's door. When the deep snow, frozen and white, Wrapped street and square, mountain and moor. That was his deed. He did it well. "What was his creed?
Page 81 - The disciple will find out the plainly shown path of virtue, as a clever man finds the right flower. He who knows that this body is like froth, and has learned that it is as unsubstantial as a mirage, will break the flowerpointed arrow of Mara, and never see the king of death. Death carries off a man who is gathering flowers, and whose mind is distracted, as a flood carries off a sleeping village. Death...
Page 127 - And step by step, since time began, We see the steady gain of man . That all of good the past hath had Remains to make our own time glad, Our common daily life divine, And every land a Palestine.

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