 | Christian biography - 1836 - 436 pages
...prayer, and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of its wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,... | |
 | Religion - 1836 - 432 pages
...prayer, and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of its wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...prayer, and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Rev. Molesworth - 1837 - 424 pages
...PRAYER. I HAVE seen a lark rising from its bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and in hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighing of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...prayer, and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, sipging as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so B have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so B have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and...was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern whid, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest,... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...spring towards him. On Ac removal of the dead bird, the ken returned to the dove-cot. — JZSSE. I HATE seen a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards, singing as he rises and in hopes to get to Heaven and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud... | |
 | William Gresley - Preaching - 1840 - 414 pages
...beautiful similes perhaps found in any sermon is the following from Jeremy Taylor, in a sermon on Prayer. " So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upward, singing as he rises, and hoping to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor... | |
 | Pictures - 1841 - 222 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. As 1 have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the vibration and... | |
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For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made... 
