 I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...  The London Quarterly Review - Strana 5231828Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Girls' friendly society - 1882 - 658 str.
...intellect in others, be it genius, power, or wit ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, I should prefer a firm, religious belief to every...blessing, for it makes life a discipline of goodness, and creates new hopes, when all other earthly hopes vanish.' In the following spring he returned to... | |
 | Samuel Harris - 1883 - 598 str.
...: " I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful and I believe...goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, throws over the decay, the destruction of existence the most gorgeous of all light, awakens life in... | |
 | Burlington B. Wale - 1883 - 234 str.
...right hand of God, where there are pleasures for evermore ! A firm religious belief is to be preferred to every other blessing, for it makes life a discipline...existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life in death, and calls from corruption and decay beauty and everlasting glory. ADORATION. Great Father,... | |
 | Samue Harris (D.D.) - 1892 - 606 str.
...: " I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful and I believe...belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life u discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, throws over the decay, the... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1885 - 1120 str.
...power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useAil to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to...makes life a discipline of goodness, — creates new hope*, when all hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous... | |
 | Jerome Paine Bates - 1886 - 882 str.
...intellect in others, neither genius, power, wit or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be the most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious faith to every other blessing. For it makes life a discipline of goodness ; creates new hopes when... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1887 - 426 str.
..."no quality of the mind or intellect in others, — not genius, power, wit, or fancy, — but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...a firm religious belief to every other blessing." In one sense, faith is the essential condition of the Christian's life. In another it is its own exceeding... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1887 - 424 str.
...intellect in others, — not genius, power, wit, or fancy, — but if I could choose what would be moat delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should...a firm religious belief to every other blessing." In one sense, faith is the essential condition of the Christian's life. In another it is its own exceeding... | |
 | Owen Street - 1887 - 430 str.
...envy," said he, "no quality of mind or intellect in others, not genius, power, wit, or fancy, but if I could choose what would be most delightful and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religions belief to every other blessing, for it makes life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes... | |
 | James Henry Potts - 1888 - 562 str.
...creeds." Nothing is more desirable in the Christian life of the individual than a firm faith. " If I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me," said Sir Humphry Davy, " I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes... | |
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