 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...extraordinary beauty of a small Moss, in fructification, caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive... | |
 | 1852 - 1162 pages
...perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a str.inge land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...perish. The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected, that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of :i small moss in fructification, irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this, to show from what trifling... | |
 | 1853 - 616 pages
...perish. The influence of religious power supported me, for I was still under the protecting eye of God. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification caught my eye. The whoie plant was not larger than the tip of one of my fingers, but I could not contemplate... | |
 | Theology - 1854 - 652 pages
...perish. The influence of religion, however, aided me. I indeed was a stranger in a strange land, yet 1 was still under the protecting eye of that Providence,...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation. Can that Being, thought... | |
 | Christian literature for children - 1854 - 778 pages
...miles from any European settlement. Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. Though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the... | |
 | Sarah Tucker - Missions - 1854 - 312 pages
...The influence of religion, however, supported me, for I was still under the protecting eye of God. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification caught minds of all the learned—" the long-sought majestic Niger, glittering in the morning sun,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - Floriculture - 1855 - 296 pages
...perish. The influence of religion, however aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment,... | |
 | 1856 - 418 pages
...perish. " The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present...land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that God who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend. At this moment, painful as my reflections... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1856 - 570 pages
...animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the...fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes'derive consolation; for though the whole... | |
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At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the... 
