Multum in parvo: thoughts for every day in the year, selected from the writings of spiritually minded persons, by the author of 'Visiting my relations'.1872 |
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arise beautiful become blessed body BROWN'S Divine calm centre contemplation death desire divine idea divine things doth earthly EMERSON enlighten the soul equani eternal evil exer exercise existence F. W. ROBERTSON faith fear feel FENELON FICHTE gentle GEORGE FOX give God's GOETHE grace harmony hast hath heart HERMAS Holy Spirit humility intuition keep light live look Lord MADAME GUYON MARCUS ANTONINUS MARTINEAU meekness MOLINOS MONTALEMBERT moral MORELL nature ness never NIEBUHR obedience ourselves pass patience peace perfect PLATO PLOTINUS possess prayer present principle PULSFORD pure Purify quiet rational reason religion religious RENTY resignation retire RUYSBROCK says secret seek self-will sense serene silence simple simplicity SMITH speak strength SWEDENBORG TAULER temper TERSTEEGEN thou shalt thoughts thyself tion tranquillity trouble true truth unity unto UPHAM virtue whole WILLIAM LAW WISDOM OF SOLOMON words
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Сторінка 74 - For she is. the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness.
Сторінка 68 - The One remains, the many change and pass : Heaven's light for ever shines, Earth's shadows fly ; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.
Сторінка 100 - The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.
Сторінка 105 - In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet, even then, it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward.
Сторінка 100 - God screens us evermore from premature ideas. Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face, until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened ; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is h'ke a dream.
Сторінка 47 - The angel of righteousness, is mild and modest, and gentle, and quiet. When, therefore, he gets into thy heart, immediately he talks with thee of righteousness, of modesty, of chastity...
Сторінка 9 - Now, this faculty — the soul — •has • " a naked intuition of eternal truth which is always the same, which never rises nor sets, but always stands still in its vertical, and fills the whole horizon of the soul with a mild and gentle light.
Сторінка 71 - The happiness of your life depends upon the character of your thoughts ; therefore watch well over them, and entertain none that are contrary to purity and truth, so that if your soul were laid open there would appear nothing but what would bear the light, and call up no blush.
Сторінка 65 - We cannot always be doing a great work, but we can always be doing something that belongs to our condition. To be silent, to suffer, to pray when we cannot act, is acceptable to God. A disappointment, a contradiction, a harsh word received and endured as in his presence, is worth more than a long prayer...
Сторінка 106 - It is a law of our humanity, that man must know both good and evil; he must know good through evil. There never was a principle but what triumphed through much evil ; no man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.