Biography of Rev. W. H. Griswold

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A. Walker, 1845 - 102 pages
 

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Page 78 - God ! what emotions the speaker awoke ! A mortal he seemed — yet a deity spoke ; A man — yet so far from humanity riven ! On earth — yet so closely connected with heaven ! How oft in my fancy I've pictured him there, As he stood in that triumph of passion and prayer, With his eyes closed in rapture — their transient eclipse Made bright by the smiles that illumined his lips.
Page 78 - Saviour — what pictures he drew ! The scene of His sufferings rose clear on my view : — The cross — the rude cross where He suffered and died ; The gush of bright crimson that flowed from His side ; The cup of His sorrows, the wormwood and gall ; The darkness that mantled the...
Page 81 - Give everyone his due," he replied; "do justice to all; render unto Caesar the things that are Cffisar's, and to God the things that are his.
Page 78 - ... that flowed from his side, The cup of his sorrows, the wormwood and gall, The darkness that mantled the earth as a pall, The garland of thorns, and the demon-like crews, Who knelt as they scoffed Him —
Page 41 - ... always afforded me great satisfaction. Did natural evil prevail in reality, as much as it doth in appearance, we must expect, that the enlargement of natural knowledge should daily discover new instances of bad, as well as of good intention.
Page 41 - One consideration has always afforded me great satisfaction. Did natural evil prevail in reality as much as it does in appearance, we must expect that the enlargement of natural knowledge would daily discover new instances of bad, as well as of good intention. But the fact is directly otherwise. Our discoveries ascertain us more and more of the benevolence of the Deity, by unfolding beautiful final causes without number; while the appearances of evil intention vanish like a mist after the sun breaks...
Page 42 - Many things are now found to he curious in their contrivance, and productive of good effects, which formerly appeared useless, or perhaps of ill tendency. And, in the gradual progress of learning, we have the strongest reason to expect, that many more discoveries of the like kind will be made hereafter. This very consideration, had we nothing else to rely on, ought to make us rest with assurance upon the intuitive conviction we have of the benevolence of the Deity, without giving way to the perplexity...
Page 49 - Gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus. Lat. VIRGIL. " Even virtue is more fair, when it appears in a beautiful person.
Page 78 - ... Still pleading for sins that were never his own, While that mouth, where such sweetness ineffable clung, Still spoke though expression had died on his tongue. O God ! what emotions the speaker awoke ! A mortal he seemed, yet a Deity spoke; A man, yet so far from humanity riven! On earth, yet so...
Page 44 - April, when he accepted an invitation to take the pastoral charge of the society in Andover, and entered immediately upon his labors.

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