 THINK not the faith by which the just shall live Is a dead creed, — a map correct of heaven ; Far less a feeling fond and fugitive, A thoughtless gift, withdrawn as soon as given. It is an affirmation and an act That bids -eternal truth be present fact.  Poems - Page 315by Hartley Coleridge - 1851Full view - About this book
 | 1851 - 696 pages
...well as pregnant truths in singularly condensed language, as in the following lines on Faith : — ' Think not the faith by which the just shall live Is...and an act That bids eternal truth be present fact.' There is much significance also in a sonnet entitled ' Faith ' how guarded' : — ' Yes, thou dost... | |
 | Unitarian churches - 1845 - 488 pages
...child ; " For she is earthly of the mind, But wisdom heavenly of the soul." — TENNYSON. FAITH. " THINK not the faith by which the just shall live Is...an act That bids -eternal truth be present fact." H. COLERIDGE. THE LEGEND OF JOHN. . The last period of the apostolic history is represented by John... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1851 - 408 pages
...drop of prayer or praise behind. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. " THE just shall live by faith,"— and why ? That faith By which they live is all that...and an act That bids eternal truth be present fact. 341 BELIEVE AND PRAY. BELIEVE and pray. Who can believe and pray Shall never fail nor falter, though... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...as well as pregnant truths in singularly condensed language, as in the following lines un Faith :— Think not the faith by which the just shall live Is...feeling fond and fugitive, A thoughtless gift withdrawn ¡u) soon as given. It is an affirmation and an act That bids eternal truth be present fact. There... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1851 - 606 pages
...well as pregnant truths in singularly condensed language, as in the following lines on Faith:— " Think not the faith by which the just shall live Is...a dead creed — a map correct of heaven; Far less л feeling fond and fugitive, A thoughtless gift withdrawn as soon as given. It is an affirmation and... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 302 pages
...SOME GREAT WORK. BY ALICE CABE T. Think not the faith by which the just slmll live Ia a dead creed—a map correct of heaven ; Far less a feeling fond and...It is an affirmation and an act That bids eternal troth be present fact. THE dews of twilightweredrowningthe golden tresses of the sun—the birds, those... | |
 | 1845 - 400 pages
...rich, and, when the rains are regular, produces beautiful crops of grain and pulse. WHAT IS FAITH ? Think not the faith by which the just shall live Is a mere creed — a map correct of heaven, Far less a feeling fond and fugitive ; A thoughtless gift withdrawn... | |
 | Benjamin Gregory - 1859 - 210 pages
...softest breeze from your aerial strings Draws out sweet melody. CHAPTER VI. FAITH AND ITS EFFECTS. " Think not the faith by which the just shall live Is...an affirmation and an act That bids eternal truth bo present fact." HARTLEY COLEBIDQE. EMMA TATIIAM'S consciousness on emerging from darkness and the... | |
 | 1860 - 806 pages
...affliction appear — what, in reality, it is to the wise and good — a dispensation of mercy. Souihey. THINK not the faith by which the just shall live Is a dead creed, a map correct of heaven ; Par less a feeling, fond and fugitive, A thoughtless gift, withdrawn as soon as given. It is an affirmation,... | |
 | Dora Greenwell - Bible - 1863 - 206 pages
...IV. THE GOSPEL RECEIVED PROPHETICALLY V. THE GOSPEL RECEIVED IMPLICITLY NOTES . I 33 57 99 «6 «55 ' Think not the Faith by which the just shall live Is...and an act That bids eternal truth be present fact." HARTLEY COLERIDGE INTRODUCTION. 'VERY man that cometh to God, darkly as he may feel after, and imperfectly... | |
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