 | 1837 - 424 pages
...have failed to overthrow it ; on the heights of Lebanon, on the plains of Armenia, in the.provinces of China, either in the seclusion of the convent,...nations, the associate of history, the patron of art, the vanquisher of the sword." — pp. 34 - 37. The Lecture then examines the claims of the Catholic... | |
 | 1843 - 784 pages
...Christian truth and peace. It presided at the birth of art. and liberally gave its traditions into i'•# young hands of colour and design. Traces of its labours,...nations, the associate of history, the patron of art, the vanquisher of sword."—[James JMartmeau. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR. ''On MARY, CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN,... | |
 | 1845 - 780 pages
...to the storms and vicissitudes of fifteen centuries, and adorned itself with the virtues and genius of them all ; that beheld the transition from ancient...the old world in Europe and the new; THE MISSIONARY or THE NATIONS, THE ASSOCIATE or HISTORY, THE PATRON OF ART, THE VANQUISHER OF THE SWORD." THE MONKS... | |
 | Abraham Willard Jackson - 1900 - 498 pages
...disciples. To the poor peasant who knows no other dignity it must be a proud thing to feel himself a member of a vast community, that spreads from Andes...transition from ancient to modern civilization, and itself forms the connecting link between the old world in Europe and the new; the missionary of the... | |
 | Abraham Willard Jackson - 1900 - 506 pages
...disciples. To the poor peasant who knows no other dignity it must be a proud thing to feel himself a member of a vast community, that spreads from Andes...transition from ancient to modern civilization, and itself forms the connecting link between the old world in Europe and the new; the missionary of the... | |
 | William Daniel Grant - 1902 - 542 pages
...disciples. To the poor peasant who knows no other dignity it must be a proud thing to feel himself a member of a vast community that spreads from Andes...transition from ancient to modern civilization, and itself forms the connecting link between the Old World in Europe and the New ; the missionary of the... | |
 | 1837 - 420 pages
...art, and liberally gave its traditions into the young hands of Color and Design. Traces of its labors, and of its versatile power over the human mind, are...nations, the associate of history, the patron of art, the vanquisher of tbe sword." — pp. 34 - 37. The Lecture then examines the claims of the Catholic... | |
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China, either in the seclusion of the convent, or the stir of population, the names of Jesus and of Mary still ascend. It is not difficult to understand the enthusiasm which this ancient and picturesque religion kindles in its disciples. To the poor peasant,... 