 Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper leaves nor leaves of stone ; Each age, each kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst...  Old Events and Modern Meanings: And Other Sermons - Page 65de Charles Frederic Aked - 1908 - 243 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Algernon Sidney Crapsey - 1899 - 378 pages
...he who bends Intent on manna still, and mortal ends Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ And not on paper...kindred adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunders' surges burst... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1899 - 686 pages
...leaves nor leaves of stone ; Each age, each kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the...mountains shroud. While thunder's surges burst on cliffs and cloud, Still at the prophets' feet the nations sit. BEAVER BROOK HUSHED with broad sunlight lies... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 pages
...lands, Far from the rich folds built with human hands, The gracious foot-prints of His love I trace. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...verse to it, Texts of despair or hope or joy or moan. If the chosen soul could never be alone In deep mid-silence, open-doored to God, No greatness ever... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1901 - 364 pages
...who bends, Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. " Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | 1900 - 684 pages
...between home and school." The paper should be read by every educator who lays claim to the term "modern." "Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on...leaves of stone; Each age, each kindred, adds a verse of it — Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. — Lowell. Mother Love. I can hear from the dawn... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1901 - 378 pages
...still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. the Bible_of the_ra£e_is -\yrit, And not on paper leaves nor leaves of stone ; Each...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | 1903 - 496 pages
...'tis thy soul is poor; There towers the mountain of the voice no less, Which whoso seeks shall find. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. Still at the prophets' feet the nations sit." Do those who say they believe sohly in... | |
 | David George Ritchie - 1902 - 256 pages
...and heart of every mortal." : Or, as it is expressed in these lines of Mr. James Russell Lowell's : " Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | Willard Chamberlain Selleck - 1902 - 372 pages
...hearts, and has spoken in various other ways to His needy children ; and we can say, with Lowell, — " Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountain shroud, While thunder's surges burst... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 1903 - 366 pages
...he who bends, Intent on manna still and mortal ends, Sees it not, neither hears its thundered lore. Slowly the Bible of the race is writ, And not on paper...kindred, adds a verse to it, Texts of despair or hope, of joy or moan. While swings the sea, while mists the mountains shroud, DIVINE TEACHERS GOD sends his... | |
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