 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 Seiten
...the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candlelight. The first creature of God in the works of the days...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental... | |
 | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 Seiten
...first creature of God," says the profoundest of * See Tillotson on the Rule of Faith. all thinkers, " in the works of the days, was the light of the sense : the last was the light of reason : and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 Seiten
...to learn the revolutions that have taken place in the various departments of trade. X. THEOLOGY. " The first creature of God in the -works of the days...was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breatheth light on the face of the matter, or chaos... | |
 | 1861 - 1148 Seiten
...the depths of a profound philosophy beneath the surface of the Mosaic record : " The first creation of God in the works of the days, was the light of • 2 Peter iii, 4-12. t Compare De Genesi ad Litteram Liber IV, xxvi: "Ac sic per oranes illos dies... | |
 | 1844 - 612 Seiten
...which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of reason, and... | |
 | Christian Gleaner - 1844 - 342 Seiten
...minds and hearts of men is one of the noblest of occupations. " The first creature of God in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1844 - 250 Seiten
...is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." — Bacon's Essay on Truth,. P. 136, line 13. That mirror they mutt gradually unveil. " The subjection... | |
 | 1844 - 276 Seiten
...dew Were on them yet; and silver waters break Into small waves, and sparkle as he comes. — BBTANT. THE first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason.— BACOK. A. REPINING life, is a lingering death.— QUARLES.... | |
 | 1855 - 444 Seiten
...truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature."6 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...which is the lovemaking, or wooing of it: the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it,...was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter of chaos... | |
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... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. 
