 ... (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below"; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.  The Temple of Truth: Or, The Best System of Reason, Philosophy, Virtue, and ... - Page 25by Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 566 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1833 - 744 pages
...tempests, in the vale below, so always that this prospect be with pity, and not^with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth " to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." He repeated the last sentence ; — " ' Turn upon the poles of truth!' How beautiful ! There, Sir,... | |
 | Andrew Carmichael - Phrenology - 1833 - 122 pages
...and the belief of truth, which ia the enjoying of it — are the sovereign good of human nature. * Certainly it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's...charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.1 LORD BACON. LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OP SPURZHEIM. a/ BY ANDREW CARMICHAEL, MRI A, LATE PRESIDENT... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - 1834 - 546 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | John Greene - Clergy - 1834 - 400 pages
...tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." He repeated the last sentence;—" ' Turn upon the poles of truth !' How beautiful! There, Sir, I will... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - Missions - 1834 - 1002 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...and down of other men." " So always, that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in proviilence, and turn upon the poles of truth." exceedingly many needless incumbrances and vexatious... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - Christians - 1835 - 434 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...to his brother also. In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1835 - 398 pages
...below: so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is M heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity,...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." That the reader may enter properly into the spirit and meaning of the letters which I am about to lay... | |
 | Christian Frederick Swartz - India - 1835 - 436 pages
...In him was remarkably exemplified the beautiful observation of Lord Bacon ; " Certainly it is henven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest...in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth." Those who knew him personally, unanimously agree, that it was impossible to converse with Swartz without... | |
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