 | 1881 - 622 pages
...days, full of devout conviction — ' Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and ceaso to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.' He can no longer use this language, though he still endeavours to re-convey the meaning of it. And... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...day: Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. [From In Mtmoriam.] STJtOA'G SOJf OF GOD. STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou inadest life in man and brute, Thou inadest Death; and... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1894 - 1066 pages
...India should come under the shadow of Muhammadan rulers. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord ! art more than they." He condemns the narrow views of those who imagine that the divine beneficence... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 388 pages
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 | 1870 - 406 pages
...intelligence can dictate, let us each yet acknowledge that — " Our little systems have their day — They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, О Lord, art more than they. We have but faith ; we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - 678 pages
...breaks out in the opening stanzas like one who feels that he stands upon a solid basis of faith. " Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove ; " Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death... | |
 | 1850 - 676 pages
...breaks out in the opening stanzas like one who feels that he stands upon a solid basis of faith. " Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where WB cannot prove ; " Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou... | |
 | 1850 - 640 pages
...wrestling and achieved repose it is akin to the quiet grandeur of the litany of the Church of England : Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove : Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death ;... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...trust the infinite unknown. Thus in the prefatory poem : — " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken...of thee, — And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 pages
...will give you rest." Here is the solution of all our doubts, and the realisation of all our hopes. Strong Son of God, immortal love, Whom we, that have...lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. THE CREDIBILITY OF VENERABLE BEDE, SAINT AND CONFESSOR, AND OF HIS FOLLOWERS. BY JOSEPH BOULT. IT is... | |
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Our little systems have their day, / They have their day and cease to be: / They are but broken lights of thee, / And Thou, O Lord, are more than they." Scriptures: Job 9:10-12; Psalm 90:1-12; Hebrews 11:1 Themes: Jesus, Death, Hope Strong Son of God,... 
