 | St. John Harley - 1876 - 292 Seiten
...drove straight to the railway, resting not till he found himself at Chesney. VOL. ni. 17 CHAPTER XXII. Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind...patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all. — LONGFELLOW. heat became more intense : such a hot summer had not been known to visit our northern... | |
 | William H. Bowen - 1876 - 436 Seiten
...looking upon all this, a Christian patriot may well find a chill at his heart as he recalls the truth : " Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind...he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all." But there is a more hopeful and wiser way of looking at the matter. Our life has better and more cheering... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 Seiten
.../ivAot, aAe'ovcri Si AcftTa. (" The mills .of the Rods grind late, but they grind fine.") GREEK POET. THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they grind...patience he stands waiting, With exactness grinds he all. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THE FUTURE. FROM THE " ESSAY ON MAN." HEAVEN from all creatures hides the... | |
 | David Thomas - 1876 - 494 Seiten
...of Nemesis be there. Thus is it with Divine retribution, " The soul that sinneth, it shall die." " Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind...He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all." The idea cannot be better put than in Canon Kingsley's words. " We must fix it very clearly in our... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1876 - 568 Seiten
...love of God whom they humbly served and trusted. CHAPTER XLVII. " SING SMALL, LOO, SING SMALL ! " " Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind...He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all." HORACE and Clarissa were engaged quite two years — two years which to the latter were full of calm,... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1876 - 244 Seiten
...He may suffer wickedness to go long unpunished, but in the end will exact a fearful requital : ' ' Though the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they grind...He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all." ' When the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah was great, the vengeance was swift and complete. It had been long... | |
 | 1876 - 508 Seiten
...The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year 34 The muse, disgusted at an age and clime 105 Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. 293 There is no flock, however well attended 304 There sat an old man on a rock ; 245 There was a time... | |
 | Franz Ahn - 1876 - 194 Seiten
...father was a ferry-man, and I have followed the same business since I was strong enough to row a boat. Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. When I awoke this morning, I saw the sun shining through the window. The snow was very deep last winter,... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1891 - 540 Seiten
...marvels of science, of which the moral that seems perpetually to force itself upon the reader is that ' though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.' Among others we cannot refrain from noticing Sir R. Ball's incidental mention of the stupendous explosion... | |
 | Girls' friendly society - 1876 - 178 Seiten
...care and watchful eye of God are over all, and that no man can escape his due reward or punishment. ' Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; by over twenty mules, being conveyed up to a battery. There are big guns all about the Rock, and... | |
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THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all. 
