 THERE is no God,' the foolish saith, — ' But none, ' There is no sorrow ; ' And nature oft, the cry of faith, In bitter need will borrow : Eyes, which the preacher could not school, By wayside graves are raised ; And lips say, ' God be pitiful,' Who...  Boston Miscellany - Page 1951842Full view - About this book
 | Quotations - 1897 - 308 pages
...cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a rainbow in it. — Bishop Home. " There is no God," the foolish saith ; But none, "...graves are raised : And lips say " God be pitiful ! " Who ne'er said, •• God be praised ! " — Mrs. Browning. Ah, yet, tho' all the world forsake,... | |
 | William Henry Hutchings - Prayer - 1897 - 298 pages
...hardened soil of pride and selfsufficiency, when the words of the poet are more than verified — " ' There is no GOD,' the foolish saith, But none, 'there...graves are raised, And lips say, ' GOD, be pitiful," Which ne'er said, ' GOD be praised !' "* Thus, S. Augustine speaking on the parable of " the friend... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - American literature - 1897 - 602 pages
...the difference between us. The true creative power is hers, not mine." THE CRY OF THE HUMAN. flHERE is no God," the foolish saith, But none, " There is...graves are raised ; And lips say, "God be pitiful," Who ne'er said, "God be praised." Be pitiful, O God ! We meet together at the feast — To private... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1897 - 456 pages
...In trouble even prayerless souls are often, taught to pray (Pss. Ixxviii. 34 ; cvii. G). " Eyes that the preacher could not school By wayside graves are raised ; And lips say, ' God bo merciful ! ' That ne'er said, ' God bo praised I ' " (Mrs. Browning.) But even prayerful Christians... | |
 | Daniel James McDonnell - 1897 - 552 pages
...tears in it." " The cry of the human " is too often a wail of sorrow. As Mrs. Browning writes — " 'There is no God,' the foolish saith ; But none, 'There is no sorrow.' " For, explain it as men may, all experience it. Not only the old, who have seen friend after friend... | |
 | Myron W. Reed - Sermons, American - 1898 - 270 pages
...Men must be made to think. I have not much confidence in sermons, but I have in the events of life. "There is no God, the foolish saith, But none there...the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow. Eyes that the preacher could not school By wayside graves are raised, And lips say God be pitiful That ne'er... | |
 | Myron W. Reed - Sermons, American - 1898 - 266 pages
...Men must be made to think. I have not much confidence in sermons, but I have in the events of life. "There is no God, the foolish saith, But none there...the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow. Eyes that the preacher could not school By wayside graves are raised, And lips say God be pitiful That ne'er... | |
 | P. Wilson - American literature - 1898 - 296 pages
...our humanity when she writes in " The Cry of the Human "— "'There is no God,' the foolish saith— Eyes, which the preacher could not school, By wayside graves are raised, And lips say, 'God he pitiful,' Which ne'er said, 'God be praised.' Be pitiful, O God." Like many others in the present... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 434 pages
...hence, anything that shows constantly changing color. THE CRY OF THE HUMAN. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. "There is no God," the foolish saith, But none, "There...graves are raised; And lips say, "God be pitiful," Who ne'er said, "God be praised." Be pitiful, O God ! The tempest stretches from the steep The shadow... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 408 pages
...hence, anything that shows constantly changing color. THE CRY OF THE HUMAN. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. "There is no God," the foolish saith, But none, "There...graves are raised ; And lips say, "God be pitiful," Who ne'er said, "God be praised." Be pitiful, O God ! The tempest stretches from the steep The shadow... | |
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