This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power; And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless, agitation. William Wordsworth, The Excursion. Consider well! Were knowledge all thy faculty, then God Must be ignored: love gains Him by first leap. Frankly accept the creatureship; ask good To love for; press bold to the tether's end Allotted to this life's intelligence! Robert Browning, FerishtaKs Fancies. Belief or unbelief Bears upon life, determines its whole course, Begins at its beginning. Robert Browning, Bishop Blougram's Apology. FAITH AND SIGHT For we walk by faith, not by sight.--2 Cor. v. 7. St. Paul sets forth in these few brief words the true principle of all human progress. He was contemplating life in its fullest dimensions and meditating upon things seen and unseen, upon an existence which has its temporal changes and its everlasting securities. Behind him were the vicissitudes of experience. Before him was the untrodden path of destiny. He looked upon the world as the tabernacle of the soul, the transient dwelling-place of a personality whose nature was far too great to be cooped up and hemmed in by any horizon. The past was irrevocable. The present was a dissolving view. The future, though dark, was the inspirer of hope...
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