Study for Young Men; Or, a Sketch of Sir Thomas Fowell BuxtonCrosby and Nichols, 1851 - 149 pages |
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Page 74 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Page 84 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Page 114 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try : Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry—
Page 71 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 79 - I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The...
Page 130 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Page 114 - Lord," or his spirit broken and crushed by disasters, he prayed. The necessity to his soul of the hallowed exercise, seemed to increase as his day declined. He found it to be strength in weakness, light in darkness, life in death. Through it, " though the outward man perished, the inward man was renewed day by day.
Page 104 - Christ formed in his heart the hope of glory" — oneness, incorporation, vital and conscious union with the Lord. From this time "the life that he lived in the flesh, he lived by the faith of the Son of God, who loved him and gave Himself for him : " and
Page 103 - Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Page 121 - God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.