 That poor temple of my childhood is more sacred to me than the biggest cathedral then extant could have been; rude, rustic, bare, no temple in the world was more so ; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues of authentic flame which kindled what was...  Collections of the Maine Historical Society - Page 21by Maine Historical Society - 1891Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 996 pages
...in the world was more so, but there were sacred lambencies, tongues of authentic flame from heaven, which kindled what was best in one, what has not yet gone out. Strangely vivid to mo some twelve or twenty of those old faces, whom I used to see every Sunday, whose... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1881 - 398 pages
...the world was more so — but there were sacred lambencies, tongues of anthentic flame from heaven, which kindled what was best in one, what has not yet gone out. Strangely vivid to me some twelve or twenty of those old faces whom I used to see every Sunday, whose... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Authors, Scottish - 1882 - 502 pages
...than the biggest cathedral then extant could have been; rude, rustic, bare, no temple in the world was more so ; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues...kindled what was best in one, what has not yet gone out. Strangely vivid are some twelve or twenty of those old faces whom I used to see every Sunday, whose... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Authors, English - 1882 - 598 pages
...than the biggest cathedral then extant could have been; rude, rustic, hare, no temple in the world was more so; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues...kindled what was best in one, what has not yet gone out. Strangely vivid are some twelve or twenty of those old faces whom I used to see every Sunday, whose... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Authors, English - 1882 - 812 pages
...bare, no temple in the world was more so ; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues of authentic flamo which kindled what was best in one, what has not yet gone out. Strangely vivid are some twelve or twenty of those old faces whom I used to see every Sunday, whose... | |
 | American periodicals - 1883 - 866 pages
...the biggest cathedral then extant could have been ; rude, rustic, bare, no temple in the world was more so ; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues...what was best in one, what has not yet gone out." They had for pastor the Rev. John Johnstone, whom Carlyle describes as " the priestliest man I ever... | |
 | Periodicals - 1883 - 444 pages
...the biggest cathedral then extant could have been ; rude, rustic, bare, no temple in the world was more so ; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues...what •was best in one, what has not yet gone out.' They had for pastor the Rev. John Johnstone, whom Carlyle describes as ' the priestliest man I ever... | |
 | Maine Historical Society - Maine - 1891 - 508 pages
...saved or lost was apt to be found among the dissenting people, and to have given up attendance at tho kirk. All dissent is merely stricter adherence to...our Eastern cemetery. I may say in passing that the Kev. James Carruthers was a man fervent in spirit with a powerful native eloquence ; and well known... | |
 | New England - 1895 - 842 pages
...the world was more so, — but there were sacred lambencies, tongues of authentic flame from heaven which kindled what was best in one, what has not yet gone out ! " It is marvellous to note how vivid Carlyle's recollections were of the seriousfaced peasants who... | |
 | Dissenters - 1903 - 418 pages
...the biggest cathedral then extant could have been ; rude, rustic, bare, no temple in the world was more so ; but there were sacred lambencies, tongues...authentic flame, •which kindled what was best in me, what has not yet gone out." So wrote one of the greatest literary figures of the last century,... | |
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