 COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee. Do thou With courtesy receive him : rise and bow : And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave, Then lay before him all thou...  Littell's Living Age - Página 601896Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1905 - 820 páginas
...When we in our turn and degree are called upon to drink the cup of suffering, the poet bids us : — " Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...tumult to obliterate The soul's marmoreal calmness." Many of us greatly desire to possess our souls in this saintly calm, whatever happens; but, when the... | |
 | 1905 - 916 páginas
...When we in our turn and degree are called upon to drink the cup of suffering, the poet bids us : — "Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...heavenly feet to lave; Then lay before him all thou hast, allowNo cloud of passion to usurp thy brow. Or mar thy hospitality; no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1905 - 122 páginas
...receive the message our Father sends to us in it and the benediction it brings to us from heaven. " Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...courtesy receive him ; rise and bow, And ere his shadow cross thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave." In God's plan for each life... | |
 | James Moffatt - 1906 - 160 páginas
...it *• -*• depends upon the tides of the mind.' MRS. MEYNELL : The Rhythm of Life, p. 1. '/~*OUNT each affliction, whether light or ^-' grave, God's...his heavenly feet to lave; Then lay before him all thy heart; allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality; no wars Of mortal tumult... | |
 | Sir Owen Tudor Burne - 1907 - 414 páginas
...that happens to us in this life is ordained by God. I could only say with Aubrey de Vere (1878) : ' Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...hospitality, no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate Thy soul's marmoreal calmness. Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate, SELF AND FAMILY.... | |
 | Charles Welsh - 1907 - 528 páginas
...heart, yet leaves The spirit free,— That love, or none, is fit for one Man-shaped like thee. SORROW COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality : no wave; Or mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmoreal calmness; grief should be — Like joy—majestic,... | |
 | Sir Owen Tudor Burne - 1907 - 400 páginas
...that happens to us in this life is ordained by God. I could only say with Aubrey de Vere (1878) : ' Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...to lave. Then lay before him all thou hast. Allow Ko cloud of passion to usurp thy brow Or mar thy hospitality, no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate... | |
 | 1907 - 420 páginas
...Make us not ashamed to be good and forgiving and gentle in all our ways. Amen. FREDERICK W. BETTS. Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly foot to lave. Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate, Confirming, cleansing, raising,... | |
 | 1907 - 476 páginas
...to be good and forgiving and gentle in all our ways. Amen. FREUEBICK W. BiTTi Count each afflrrtton, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down...thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly foot to Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate, Confirming, cleansing, raising, making... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Aberdeen - 1910 - 346 páginas
...and all-absorbing grief is a most depressing passion, and often fraught with serious consequences. Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave ; Grief should be Like joy majestic, equable, sedate ; Confirming, cleansing, raising, making free.... | |
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