| Sermons, American - 1885 - 650 pages
...perpetually, in those wonderful lines of his in " The Present Crisis " : — "One: to every man and nati .n comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering eIch the bloom or blight. Parts the goats upon th*. left hand, and the sheep upon the right,... | |
| Sermons, American - 1879 - 644 pages
...are being settled, — questions no less than such as decide between a noble life and a base one. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." No matter how many more times it may come, but come it does, — this moment of contest and decision... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1879 - 592 pages
...one race all the rest have equal claim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, 1» the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, ottering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,... | |
| George Frederick Magoun - Congregational churches - 1879 - 560 pages
...quick, strong, decisive work. Now I " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide In tlie strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God.s new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal elaim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,... | |
| Jean L. Watson - 1880 - 306 pages
...OP " BYEGONE DAYS," " ROUND THE GRANGE FARM," AND JOINT AUTHOR OF "SONGSTRESSES OF SCOTLAND," ETC. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side." LONDON: JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET. MDCCCLXXX. Eememfcrance of Strong Dags FREE KIRK MANSE,... | |
| David Thomas - 1880 - 450 pages
...for peace are hid from our eyes. An American poet remarks : — " Once to every man and nation conies the moment to decide In the strife of Truth with Falsehood...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight Farts the goats upon the left hand, the sheep upon the right, And... | |
| 1880 - 770 pages
...sowing the seeds of another and another war. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to Jecide In the strife of Truth with Falsehood for the good or evil side." Such a moment came to this great British people at the last General Election ; and the decision given... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...feels the gusli of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. , Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' offering each the bloom or blight, Parte the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1881 - 892 pages
...the flesh, and of the spirit one. Sonnet xxxiv. Ed. 1844. Earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God's ncw Messiah offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon... | |
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