 | 1837 - 860 pages
...and when all nature mingles in one common morning song of gratitude. — Mudie's Spring. TRUTH.— The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | 1838 - 420 pages
...this continued but vain efibrt of an ungainly bird to rise, when its own gravity fastens it to earth. Owls cannot see in the sunshine. One writer talks...ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without alluding to individuals,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 pages
...continued but vain effort of an ungainly bird to rise, when its own gravity fastens it to the earth. Owls cannot see in the sunshine. One writer talks...ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without alluding to individuals,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 pages
...masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-. light. The first creature of God in the works of the days...ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit." We have spoken warmly of the Transcendental mode of thought and expression, without alluding to individuals,... | |
 | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 pages
...first creature of God," says the profoundest of * See Tillotson on the Rule of Faith. all thinkers, " in the works of the days, was the light of the sense...work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 pages
...to learn the revolutions that have taken place in the various departments of trade. X. THEOLOGY. " The first creature of God in the -works of the days...sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breatheth light on the face of... | |
 | 1861 - 1148 pages
...the depths of a profound philosophy beneath the surface of the Mosaic record : " The first creation of God in the works of the days, was the light of • 2 Peter iii, 4-12. t Compare De Genesi ad Litteram Liber IV, xxvi: "Ac sic per oranes illos dies... | |
 | Christian Gleaner - 1844 - 342 pages
...minds and hearts of men is one of the noblest of occupations. " The first creature of God in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...work, ever since, is the illumination of His Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face... | |
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The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. 
