I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer... The Impending Conflict Between Romanism and Protestantism in the United States - Page 125by J. J. Smith - 1871 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| Louisa Payson Hopkins - Bible - 1854 - 236 pages
...more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected,...from all other books that were ever composed, in any other age, or in any other idiom.' The celebrated Burke says, in speaking of the power of the Deity,... | |
| 1854 - 594 pages
...Divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom. The two parts of which the... | |
| Charles Linton - Spiritualism - 1855 - 556 pages
...as the word of God ; and I agree with that accomplished scholar and jurist, Sir William Jones, who declared that " The Scriptures contain, independently...other books that were ever composed in any age or idiom." And when I hear clergymen denounce "Spiritualism" as denying the truths of the Bible, I can... | |
| Samuel Cowdy - Psalmody - 1856 - 22 pages
...their Divine origin, more true sublimity, exquisite beauty, pure morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than...that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom." Turn at your pleasure to some of the metrical parts of the Bible, and markthe grandeur of sentiment... | |
| Churches of Christ - 1856 - 640 pages
...divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, finer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than...could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever compiled in any age or in any idiom. The two parts of which the Scriptures... | |
| John Cumming - Apologetics - 1856 - 300 pages
...more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more impartial history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books ever composed in any age." "The fairest productions of human wit," writes Bishop Horne, "after a few... | |
| John Todd - Conduct of life - 1856 - 420 pages
...Jones. Comprehensiveness of the Bible. eloquence, than could be collected, within the same conipass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom. The two parts of which the Scriptures consist, are connected by a chain of compositions, which bears... | |
| Alfred Nevin - Bible - 1858 - 360 pages
...impossible that we can study it too much, or esteem it too highly. It contains more sublimity and beauty than could be collected, within the same compass,...other books that were ever composed in any age or idiom." Such are the opinions, as expressed by themselves, of Milton, the immortal poet ; Sir Matthew... | |
| Christian - 1858 - 216 pages
...divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than...that were ever composed in any age, or in any idiom. — SIB W. JONES. THE DIVINE NATURE. The God of Christians is not barely the author of geometrical... | |
| William T. Smithson - Methodist Church - 1859 - 560 pages
...more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more impartial history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books ever composed in any age." So likewise Bishop Horne, a learned prelate, whose writings are invariably... | |
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