Ethical HymnsSwan Sonnenschein, 1899 - 100 pages |
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... beauty rife . We find within these souls of ours Some wild germs of a higher birth , Which in the poet's tropic heart bear flowers Whose fragrance fills the earth . Within the hearts of all men lie These promises of wider bliss , Which ...
... beauty rife . We find within these souls of ours Some wild germs of a higher birth , Which in the poet's tropic heart bear flowers Whose fragrance fills the earth . Within the hearts of all men lie These promises of wider bliss , Which ...
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... beauty , love , and grace , " Sunshine in the shady place , " That made it life to be- A blessed company ! Call them from the dead- Vain the call will be ; But the hand of death shall lay , Like that of Christ , its healing clay On eyes ...
... beauty , love , and grace , " Sunshine in the shady place , " That made it life to be- A blessed company ! Call them from the dead- Vain the call will be ; But the hand of death shall lay , Like that of Christ , its healing clay On eyes ...
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Ethical Religion Society. ALL around us , fair with flowers , Fields of beauty sleeping lie ; All around us clarion voices Call to duty stern and high . Following ev'ry voice of mercy With a trusting , loving heart , Let us in life's ...
Ethical Religion Society. ALL around us , fair with flowers , Fields of beauty sleeping lie ; All around us clarion voices Call to duty stern and high . Following ev'ry voice of mercy With a trusting , loving heart , Let us in life's ...
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... , We can find our surest rest ; Where we heed the voice of Duty Rather than man's wreath or rod ; This is heaven - its peace , its beauty , Tranquil with the peace of God . J. Q. Adams . ALL before us lies the way ; Give the past 51 .
... , We can find our surest rest ; Where we heed the voice of Duty Rather than man's wreath or rod ; This is heaven - its peace , its beauty , Tranquil with the peace of God . J. Q. Adams . ALL before us lies the way ; Give the past 51 .
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... Love , your battle - ground The free broad field of Thought . O may no selfish purpose break The beauty of your plan , Nor lie from throne or altar shake Your steady faith in man . Whittier . LIFE is onward - use it With a forward aim 53 .
... Love , your battle - ground The free broad field of Thought . O may no selfish purpose break The beauty of your plan , Nor lie from throne or altar shake Your steady faith in man . Whittier . LIFE is onward - use it With a forward aim 53 .
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A. J. Ellis ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY ancient ancient Greece angel beauty Behold bless brave breath brothers Burrington cloud dark days are going death deed deep divine dream dying earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair faith fear flower give hand hath heart Thy soul heaven holy honour hope hour human heart hymn labour land legends old Lie open life's light live Longfellow Malcolm Quin Matthew Arnold night nobler o'er Pallas Athene peace peace of God perfect prayer Ring rise rites S. F. Adams sage Samuel Longfellow seed selfish shine silent sing skies slave song of praise soul shall save spirit stars strife sublime sweet temple thee thine own heart things thou hast thought thy duty Thy neighbour thyself to-day toil tread true Truth to thine voice W. J. Fox weary Whittier wild bells wind Wisdom wise Worship wrong
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Page 7 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 97 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 77 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 61 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 65 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.
Page 38 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 34 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born ; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawninoAnother blue Day: ' : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 88 - Like warp and woof all destinies Are woven fast, Linked in sympathy like the keys Of an organ vast. Pluck one thread, and the web ye mar ; Break but one Of a thousand keys, and the paining jar Through all will run.
Page 17 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 38 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow The year is going, let him go ; Ring out the false, ring in the true.