Cruciana. Illustrations of the most striking aspects under which the cross of Christ, and symbols derived from it, have been contemplated

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D. Marples, 1835 - 312 Seiten
 

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Seite 81 - Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his lives end.
Seite 24 - Him should all fulness dwell ; and having made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Seite 193 - Columbus was the first European who set foot in the new world which he had discovered. He landed in a rich dress, and with a naked sword in his hand. His men followed, and kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see.
Seite 269 - Who can deny me power, and liberty To stretch mine arms, and mine own cross to be ? Swim, and at every stroke, thou art thy cross ; The mast and yard make one, where seas do toss. Look down, thou...
Seite 190 - But in abhorrence backward drew: For, oozing from the mountain's side, Where raged the war, a dark-red tide Was curdling in the streamlet blue. Where shall she turn? — behold her mark A little fountain cell, Where water, clear as diamond spark, In a stone basin fell.
Seite 252 - In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend from whom we have long been separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World.
Seite 259 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void...
Seite 124 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Seite 276 - ... ordered one of his attendants to place him under a tree, with his face towards the enemy ; then, fixing his eyes on
Seite 292 - And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the...

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