Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read... Notes and Queries - Strana 1471879Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1908 - Počet stránok 900
...rather to confirm their own suspicions and unbelief in its teaching. Truly saith the poet: — And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. The "my-Bible-is-good-enough-for-me" thought has attempted to interpret the Word, but it has made a... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - Počet stránok 992
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And , On heathen altars died the flame. Now, deep in Wastdale solitude, T MANY a fathom dark and deep I have laid the book to sleep ; Ethereal fires around it glowing — Ethereal... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1909 - Počet stránok 328
...appreciate none. It is true generally, and not merely as applied to Christianity by Sir Walter Scott: And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. It is not religion unless it lifts our thoughts from earth to heaven, from the material to the spiritual.... | |
| Robert Stuart MacArthur - 1909 - Počet stránok 450
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. —Sir Walter Scott. "TT'NFIDELITY calls Moses a blunderer and the Bible <*•-^ a fraud for affirming... | |
| 1909 - Počet stránok 448
...turmoil, will not find in them much to inspire enthusiasm or much that is worthy of imitation : — And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. In touching upon the question of Faith, it is not with any intention of attempting an intelligent solution... | |
| 1911 - Počet stránok 534
...Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Oh, happiest they of human race, To whom our God has given grace, To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way ; But better they had ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." In this connection we venture a translation... | |
| Historical Society of Schuylkill County - 1911 - Počet stránok 314
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way, And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt or read to scorn." INDIAN RUN. "This is the forest primeval ; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the... | |
| Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - Počet stránok 784
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. 394 Scott : Monastery. Ch. lii BIGOTRY. Sure 'tis an orthodox opinion, That grace is founded in dominion.... | |
| Cornelius J. Warren - 1912 - Počet stránok 182
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt or read to scorn." —"The Monastery." SWS CHAPTER V THE STUDY OF THE CRUCIFIX "In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering... | |
| Henry Melville King - 1914 - Počet stránok 300
...God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." Such language in endorsement of the Bible as a Book of religion, coming from the lips not of professional... | |
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