The Chime of the Bells

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W. Peirce, 1836 - 118 стор.
 

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Сторінка 115 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away ; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone : the flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Сторінка 78 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Сторінка 82 - And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
Сторінка 28 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Сторінка 92 - Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses...
Сторінка 106 - ... there is between what comes from a secondhand source and from the fountain head. It has not that naturalness (in the highest sense) which alone gives beauty to religion. Again, those who feel that they have a mission may convert it into a snare to themselves. Doubtless, if, according to St. Paul, "he who desireth the office of a bishop desireth a good work," so one who has a mission to do some particular work has a good office given him.
Сторінка 78 - Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready." And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!
Сторінка 115 - Are there any among you whose hearts are mourning for the sufferings of humanity? O, do not yourselves obstruct the sources of eternal joy! Do not veil your eyes, do not harden your hearts. It is true, this world is full of misery, and the heart returns bleeding from the toil of business and the strife of ambition ; but cast them off to-day from the poor oppressed breast ! Do not suffer them to disturb your joys; drown them in your songs of praise, and let all your grief be changed to gladness; for...
Сторінка 115 - O ! that they might fill again my favored spirit with the full consciousness of regenerated life ; that they might assist me in pouring forth streams of the inspired word, and to find that word, which may also inspire you, and, thrilling through your ears, may enter the deepest recesses of your heart ; for behold, ' the winter is past ; the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth ; the spring is here.1 " Thus the songster of the canticles spoke.
Сторінка 118 - ... where an eternal spring shall bloom. The earthly spring passes by, the summer appears, the flowers ripen into seeds, and not one of them shall remain behind. Autumn appears in its turn, and soon winter and frost; then the forest loses its foliage; no child is to be seen in the meadows ; the last leaves will fall to the ground, and soon a new spring shall appear. But in some future time, when all the springs of my life have ceased to bloom, when all its flowers have faded here, still I shall find...

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