Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read, to doubt, or read... The Lands of Scott - Page 328de James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1847 - 442 pages
...this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; And happiest they of human race, To whom the Lord has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,...and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, who read to scorn." There is an interesting anecdote respecting these lines,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1847 - 402 pages
...capable he was of thoughts such as the Christian could have delighted to honour. Within this sacred volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom our God hath given grace, To read, to mark, to think, to pray, To know the right, to learn the way... | |
 | 1744 - 728 pages
...mystery of mysteries j Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace, To read, to mark, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. FAITH OVERCOMING DEATH.... | |
 | John Eadie - 1848 - 178 pages
...must be abandoned, with all its consequences, to one universal scepticism."* Yes — " Within this awful volume lies, The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race, To whom their God has granted grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1849 - 346 pages
...were written on the first leaf of his Bible by the celebrated Sir Walter Scott : — " Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ;... | |
 | 1849 - 444 pages
...grace," and in holy love of God, and an obedient following of his heavenly directions. V. THE BIBLE. Within that awful volume lies The Mystery of Mysteries. Happiest they of human race, To whom the Lord has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...partiality, and without hypocrisy, for ' in Him is no variableness nor shadow of turning.' " " Within this awful volume lies, The mystery of mysteries : Happiest they of human race, To whom their God has given grace, " To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...from the wayward bias bigots feel, From faney's influence, and intempemte zeal. COWPEB. WITHIN this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given gmce, To read, to fear, to hope, to pmy, To lift the latch, to force the way ;... | |
 | John Keefe Robinson - 1850 - 162 pages
...says thus of that Th'e'!n"^ lat awful ™ltm«; lies ^o whon, p 6 ^ of h uman race , «oa has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift...and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn." But there is one sentence, infinitely more valuable than... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pages
...be pleased that things are so, Who do for nothing see the show. The Spleen. GREEK 199. Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries, — Happiest they of human race, To whom their God has given grace To read, to hear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch — to force the way... | |
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