 | John F. Aiken - 1877 - 176 lehte
...speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light." — PULCI ; before Columbus. " Religion stands on tiptoe in our land Ready to pass to the American strand." — GEORGE HERBERT. " When New England shall trouble new Spain, 'When Jamaica shall be lady of the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 lehte
...Restore to God his due in tithe and time : A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate. GEORGE HERBERT. Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand. GEORGE HERBERT. The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion... | |
 | 1879 - 562 lehte
...them it was found that two lines were not allowed to pass without remonstrance. They were these — " Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand." 1 Anderson, iii. 222, 287. * Wilberforce, 161. 1 Anderson, iii. 236-241. It is believed that they were... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1879 - 834 lehte
...ASPECT OF THE AMERICAN CHURCHES. August, lowed to pass without remonstrance. They were these — " Religion stands on tiptoe in our land. Ready to pass to the American strand." It is believed that they were suggested to Herbert by his intimacy with Ferrar, who, himself a member... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 lehte
...YOUNG. If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast. TbtP*lity. GEORGE HERBERT. )@)A)T)C) $ &2 rke Cbvnh Militant. GEORGE 1ÜRBERT. From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where... | |
 | George Herbert - 1881 - 604 lehte
...our country's advantage. * Virginia, &c., then not long discovered. — See the " Church Militant." " Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand." CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PARSON'S LIBRARY. 1 HE Country Parson's library is a holy life ; for (besides the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 lehte
...sense, God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence. Ibid. Bibles laid open, millions of surprises. Sin. Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand. The Church Militant. Man is one world, and hath Another to attend him. Man. If goodness lead him not,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth, Robert Mackenzie - 1881 - 504 lehte
...JOHNSON. THOSE were dark times in England when good George Herbert, the gentle prophet, wrote : — " Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand." Charles I. was entering upon a course of tyranny that brought him to the block. Illegal taxes were... | |
 | First Church of Christ (Hartford, Conn.) - 1883 - 258 lehte
...his emigration, and that of Cotton and other eminent ministers suggested those well known lines : " Religion stands on tip-toe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand." In the inventories at the death of some of the ministers, articles of luxury are noted, as in the will... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1884 - 204 lehte
...Herbert must have had a kindly feeling for America," she said, " Do you not remember his lines, — " ' Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand ' " ? " Yes," said he, eagerly, " and I have often thought that he had Cotton in his mind when he wrote... | |
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Religion stands on tip-toe in our land Ready to pass to the American strand. When height of malice and prodigious lusts, Impudent sinning, witchcrafts and distrusts (The marks of future bane) shall fill our cup Unto the... 
