Cathedral Stones, and Other DiscoursesPriv. Print., Country Life Press, 1917 - 255 pages |
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Spencer Summerfield Roche. the memories that inspire , and the emotions that move human hearts , are all clustered about this magnificent pile . Westminster grandly lifts before the world a golden banner , on whose ample folds is ...
Spencer Summerfield Roche. the memories that inspire , and the emotions that move human hearts , are all clustered about this magnificent pile . Westminster grandly lifts before the world a golden banner , on whose ample folds is ...
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... heart lifts to that God , who is a Spirit , true adoration . We are not to lose the sense of personality in the rapture of anthems from a thousand throats . With sym- pathy , each soul must feel itself in the presence of God . Is it not ...
... heart lifts to that God , who is a Spirit , true adoration . We are not to lose the sense of personality in the rapture of anthems from a thousand throats . With sym- pathy , each soul must feel itself in the presence of God . Is it not ...
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... give that evening to some poor sufferer , we have hearts of stone ; if we busy ourselves about religion and relief only when we can do so without troubling ourselves , without sacrificing our comfort or our 22 " CATHEDRAL STONES "
... give that evening to some poor sufferer , we have hearts of stone ; if we busy ourselves about religion and relief only when we can do so without troubling ourselves , without sacrificing our comfort or our 22 " CATHEDRAL STONES "
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... heart , " Who is my neigh- bor ? " and listen to the voice that says : " Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite ; for he is thy brother . " So we come face to face with our other truth , the sense of the Catholicity of the Church which binds ...
... heart , " Who is my neigh- bor ? " and listen to the voice that says : " Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite ; for he is thy brother . " So we come face to face with our other truth , the sense of the Catholicity of the Church which binds ...
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... heart sin must be abol- ished , must be taken away . All is clear now in position and in obligation . Yonder the loving Christ , and yonder your grop- ing friend , and you who know them both , must bring them together . The next thought ...
... heart sin must be abol- ished , must be taken away . All is clear now in position and in obligation . Yonder the loving Christ , and yonder your grop- ing friend , and you who know them both , must bring them together . The next thought ...
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Page 61 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my Star, my Sun ; And in that Light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done ! H.
Page 156 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Page 254 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
Page 254 - ... sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
Page 89 - Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Page 246 - There is an acre sown with royal seed, the copy of the greatest change, from rich to naked, from ceiled roofs to arched coffins, from living like gods to die like men.
Page 255 - ... an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Page 254 - Tis that which we all see and know.' Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description, It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, thnn to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Page 138 - Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities ; Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, making thee young and lusty as an eagle.
Page 90 - Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting.