 | Theology - 1854 - 652 pages
...is own image? Surely not. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forward, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed." In reading the Bible, as a means of religious culture, the teaching of the Holy Spirit is essentially... | |
 | 1856 - 870 pages
...situation and sufferings of creatures formed after His own image ? surely not ! Reflections such as these would not allow me to despair ; I started up,...relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed." There is, indeed, much to admire in the beautiful structure of the humble moss ; and there is, perhaps,... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - Burial - 1858 - 450 pages
...sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation...relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed.' It was a similar feeling which excited, in happier circumstances, the enthusiasm of Linnseus, who,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - Travelers - 1859 - 396 pages
...Reflections like these would not allow me to despair ; I started up, and, disregarding both danger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed." On arriving at Sibidooloo, Park related to the mansa, or chief of the town, the misfortune which had... | |
 | 1859 - 682 pages
...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration ! Can that being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed." In the cool shade of retirement we may easily devise imaginary forms of government, in which the sceptre... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour - 1859 - 492 pages
...would not allow me to despair. I started, and, disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forward, assured that relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed. In a short time I came to a small village."* A pleasing poetic version of this narrative was given in the Scottish Christian Herald many years ago,... | |
 | Philip Bennett Power - 1859 - 404 pages
...not allow me to despair. I started up, and, disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forward, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed. In a short time I came to a small village." And even if the tried and tempted saint be not reduced absolutely to despair, he is at least very likely... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...not allow me to despair. I started up, and, disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forward, assured that relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed. In a short time I came to a small village." A pleasing poetic version of this narrative was given in the Scottish Christian Herald many years ago,... | |
 | Civil service - 366 pages
...contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsules, without admiration ! Can that Being who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in...relief was at hand ; and I was not disappointed." In the cool shade of retirement we may easily devise imaginary forms of government, in which the sceptre... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 pages
...per-fec-tion, in this ob-scure part of the world, a thing of so small im-port-ance, look with un-con-cern on the sit-ua-tion and suf-fer-ings of crea-tures formed...re-lief was at hand, and I was not dis-ap-point-ed." — Park's " Travels. " LESSON LXXXII. — CASABIANCA. There was a lit-tle boy, a-bout thir-teen years... | |
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I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsule without admiration. Can that Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance,... 
