 | M. M. Kalisch - 1880 - 682 pages
...pleased God, and was beloved by Him, so that, living among sinners, he was translated" ; and again : "He being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time"." Enoch', continued Humphrey, beating regular time with his right forefinger, 'Enoch died so young, not... | |
 | Theology - 1880 - 578 pages
...removal from their midst his friends seem to see the fulfilment of those words of the Book of Wisdom: 'He being made perfect in a short time fulfilled a long time.' THE RETROSPECT OF 1879. I. THE great ecclesiastical event of the past year, the conclusion of the debates... | |
 | Joseph Hammond - Bible - 1881 - 608 pages
...Life is to be measured not by the beats of the pulse, but by the life-work we have accomplished. " He being made perfect in a short time fulfilled a long time." " It may te by the calendar of years You are the elder man ; but 'tis the son Of knowledge on the mind's... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Jews - 1882 - 604 pages
...in the hand "of God." "In the sight of the unwise they seemed '' to die ; but they are in peace." " He, being made ' perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time." " God 1 Wisdom, iii. 4; i. 15. • See Lecture XL VI. • " created man to be immortal, and made him... | |
 | James Bowling Mozley - Sermons, English - 1882 - 472 pages
...of Him ; so that living among sinners, he was translated ; yea, speedily was he taken away .... for he being made perfect in a short time fulfilled a long time" — words which though exulting in hope still carry on an undertone of sadness. But though the essence... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1883 - 838 pages
...VICTORIA K., 21 Aug. 1802." Upon another dressed slab, a few inches below the above, is this quotation: "He being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time: for his soul pleased tho Lord, therefore basted he to take him away from among the wicked." — Wisdom... | |
 | John Hunter Smith - 1884 - 456 pages
...an imperative. T&CLOI. — Full-grown — used in the New Testament of moral perfection: cf. Wisd. iv. 13, " He being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time" (of Enoch): here,. perfection as regards the comprehensiveness of our aydnrri — cf. Lev. xi. 44,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1884 - 242 pages
...Consort, erected by his broken-hearted widow, Victoria R., 2ist August, 1862.' On a slab below we read : ' He being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time, for his soul pleased the Lord, therefore hasted He to take him away from among the wicked ' (Wisdom... | |
 | Victoria (Queen of Great Britain) - Highlands (Scotland) - 1884 - 488 pages
...THE GREAT AND GOOD PRINCE CONSORT, RAISED BY HIS BROKEN-HEARTED WIDOW, VICTORIA R. AUGUST 21, 1862. " He being made perfect in a short time fulfilled a long time ; For his soul pleased the Lord, Therefore hastened He to take him Away from among the wicked." Wisdom... | |
 | Pancras (st, of Synnada.) - 1884 - 68 pages
...this Church at Rome the old and new churches of St. Pancras, in London, have derived their name *. "HE, BEING MADE PERFECT IN A SHORT TIME, FULFILLED A LONG TIME : FOR HIS SOUL PLF.ASED THE LORD ; THEREFORE HASTED HE TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM AMONG THE WICKED." * It... | |
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He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time: For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked. 
