 | 426 pages
...BIBLE LESSON. GENESIS xviii. 22—23. " More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of ... For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish...Both for themselves and those who call them friend." IN the narrative here recorded of Abraham's intercession for the cities of the plain, we have laid... | |
 | Cecilia MacGregor - 1865 - 222 pages
...might be made known unto him." " More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ****** For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish...Both for themselves and those who call them friend ?" H " Have we not been long gone ?" exclaimed Frances, as she and Clara turned into Marguerite's room,... | |
 | 1865 - 826 pages
...earnestly considered by Christians and more adequately stated. But prayer is itself a divine reality. " For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing this they lift not holy hands Both for themselves, and those they call their friends I For so the great... | |
 | 1865 - 588 pages
...in another sense than the poet meant the lines, but yet in one as trne,— ' The whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.' Creation is God's first and greatest act in the material world and in the spiritual ; but in both it... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 pages
...hands. A pathetic scene ! — recalling the fine words of the poet, — For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. Had the writer of the manifesto, however, witnessed this simple and affecting act of worship, we know... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Eise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish...those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. 19. But now farewell I am going a long... | |
 | 1883 - 976 pages
...prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Bise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish...those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." From Camelford it is but a short distance... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 398 pages
...prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish...those who call them friend ? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. But now farewell. I am going a long... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...prayer than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats that nourish...those who call them friend? for so the whole round earth is every way bound by gold chains about the feet of God. 1 107 But now farewell. I am going a... | |
 | James Augustus Hessey - 1866 - 488 pages
...was by no means that utter indolence which a fatigued animal nature enjoys and is contented with ; " For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish...Both for themselves and those who call them friend? "3<a It was a rest, strict indeed, but social — a social rest, far removed from the licentiousness... | |
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More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands... 
