The Rose of Sharon: A Religious SouvenirA. Tompkins and B. B. Mussey, 1854 - Gift books |
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Page 93 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Page 192 - Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen ; Make the house, where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean. Else our lives are incomplete, Standing in these walls of Time, Broken stairways, where the feet Stumble as they seek to climb. Build to-day, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to-morrow find its place.
Page 105 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 92 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths; all these have vanished; They live no longer in the faith of reason.
Page 90 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the Lord is round about his people From henceforth even for ever.
Page 97 - As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever?
Page 98 - Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares ; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs.
Page 216 - To him who lives as wisdom would require, As duty woos, and as the virtues claim, Time, if it robs the poet of his lyre, Bestows a bliss beyond the wealth of fame, — Fruits that refresh the spirit, and inspire The immortal yearning and that purer flame, To quicken which, until they blend with heaven, The mortal poet and the lyre were given.
Page 105 - Ripples and glances on the confluent streams. A lovelier, purer light than that of day Rests on the hills ; and, oh ! how...
Page 102 - ... peace on earth, and good will towards men." Thus will our country resemble the new city which St. John saw "coming down from God out of heaven, adorned as a bride for her husband.